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Hardback. When six mafiosi were shot and killed in a quiet German town, the massive reach of Calabria's mafia was brought brutally into focus. In The Honoured Society, Petra Reski reveals the organized crime network that has Europe in its grip. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBT; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554. 288 pages, illustrations. When six mafiosi were shot and killed in a quiet German town, the massive reach of Calabria's mafia was brought brutally into focus. In The Honoured Society, Petra Reski reveals the organized crime network that has Europe in its grip. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DST; HBT; JKVM. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 29. Weight: 554.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848871342
ISBN
9781848871342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. The book examines the historic environment of the Hoo Peninsula landscape and describes how changing patterns of land use and maritime activity over time have given this landscape and seascape its distinctive character. Series: Informed Conservation. Num Pages: 96 pages, 79. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBTP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 2100 x 2100. .
Publisher
Historic England United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848022256
ISBN
9781848022256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.94

Hardcover. This text presents a collection of studies on the military order of the Hospitaller on the island of Rhodes. The author addresses the Hospitallers' military and naval affairs, their spiritual and medical activities, their commanderies and dedicated defense of Christendom. Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Includes 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; HBJD; HBLC; HBT; HRC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860787969
ISBN
9780860787969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.55

Hardback. Presents an engrossing story of loss and rebirth, political faith and disillusionment, and the persistence of Jewishness redefined as an integral element of the post-war generation's Polishness Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253009074
ISBN
9780253009074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.01

Paperback. Revealing the story of Germany through the inhabitants of one small wooden building: a nobleman farmer, a Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, a widow and her children, a Stasi informant, this book moves from the late nineteenth century to the present day, from the devastation of two world wars to the dividing and reuniting of a nation. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592044
ISBN
9780099592044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 1096 pages, 416 b/w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176949
ISBN
9780691176949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
68
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
F First Paperback Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595243
ISBN
9781898595243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Paperback. This volume explores the place of human rights in history, providing an alternative framework for understanding the political and legal dilemmas that these conflicts presented, with case studies focusing on the 1940s through the present. Editor(s): Iriye, Akira; Goedde, Petra; Hitchcock, William I. Series: Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change Over Time. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPVH; LAZ; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195333145
ISBN
9780195333145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489945
ISBN
9780801489945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. This is a history of the Huns in Europe from their first attacks on the Goths north of the Black Sea to the collapse of their central European empire after the death of the legendary Attila. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214434
ISBN
9780631214434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.22

Paperback. Based on his groundbreaking reporting for Vanity Fair, journalist James Harkin's harrowing investigation into the abduction, captivity, and execution of American journalist James Foley and the fate of more than two-dozen other ISIS hostages. Num Pages: 320 pages, No pictures; possibly a map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141404
ISBN
9780349141404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Postcolonial novelists such as Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul are widely celebrated, yet the achievements of postcolonial poets have been strangely neglected. This work argues that postcolonial poets have also dramatically expanded the atlas of literature in English. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226703435
ISBN
9780226703435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. Rather than a stark, unbroken line dividing East and West in Cold War Europe, the Iron Curtain was instead made up of distinct landscapes. This book traces a genealogy of one such landscape - the woods between Czechoslovakia and West Germany - to debunk our misconceptions about the iconic partition. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226154190
ISBN
9780226154190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. In Africa and Asia, the conceptualization of freedom for individuals and societies has been heavily influenced by the translation of specific European or American ideas of freedom into new political and social contexts. This volume represents a pioneering preliminary assessment of some of the causes and consequences of the process. Editor(s): Taylor, Robert H. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; HBJF; HBJH; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745147
ISBN
9780804745147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271017433
ISBN
9780271017433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.23
€ 87.89

Hardcover. The Rwandan genocide was one of the bloodiest events in the late twentieth century and the international community's response has stimulated a great deal of interest and debate ever since. In this study, Dean White provides the most thorough review of Britain's response to the crisis written to date. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFGR; HBTZ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719095238
ISBN
9780719095238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691623108
ISBN
9780691623108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631198079
ISBN
9780631198079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.96

Paperback. The events of 1968 have been seen as a decisive turning point in the Western world of even mythical significance. The author takes a critical look at "May 1968" and questions whether the events were in fact as "revolutionary" as French and foreign commentators have indicated. Series: Italian Politics. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571816856
ISBN
9781571816856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.04

Paperback. The theological problems facing those trying to respond to the Holocaust remain monumental. This work brings together an array of senior scholars to consider key topics ranging from the meaning of divine providence to questions of redemption to the link between the destruction of European Jewry and the creation of the State of Israel. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748060
ISBN
9780814748060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

paperback. Bringing together Mexican, Soviet, and North American (as well as British) perspectives, this book shows how the convergence of each country's domestic and foreign policies precluded them from a harmonious triangular relationship. It contributes to an understanding of the international dimension of the Mexican revolution. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBTV; JPSD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322894
ISBN
9780822322894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Garcia Loaeza, Pablo (Associate Professor of Spanish, West Virginia University Associate Professor of Spanish American Literature and Culture, West Virginia University Associate Professor of Spanish, West Virginia University West Virginia University West Virginia University); Garrett, Victoria L (West Virginia University). Series: Latin American Originals. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTP; RGR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271065489
ISBN
9780271065489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. Records the history of the pioneering British Home and Hospital for Incurables, founded in 1861. This work examines the social, political and medical climate through the years and provides an overview for historians of medicine, healthcare and social development. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 245 x 16. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846190827
ISBN
9781846190827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.92

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 264 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781843516644
ISBN
9781843516644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.00
€ 7.20

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