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Paperback. To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023304
- ISBN
- 9780141023304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.94
€ 25.99
€ 17.94
The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark. Herbarium.
Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William. Ed(S): Mou...
Paperback. Contains the listing and presentation of the plant specimens collected by the Lewis and Clark expedition. This volume presents 239 items and is aimed to assist researchers and enthusiasts hoping to identify each plant's date and place of collection and other information such as plant habitat and ethnobotanical use. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illus., Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; PST; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280328
- ISBN
- 9780803280328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.58
€ 40.99
€ 38.58
Hardcover. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794616
- ISBN
- 9780814794616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.86
€ 84.86
Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794623
- ISBN
- 9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Hardback. How does France reconcile the modern movement toward pluralism and decentralization with a strong central governing power? This work offers a radical interpretation of the development of democracy in France and the relationship between government and its citizens. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024960
- ISBN
- 9780674024960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.44
€ 46.99
€ 38.44
Paperback. In 1941 Berek Jakubowicz (now Benjamin Jacobs) was imprisoned by the Third Reich. His possession of a few dental tools and rudimentary skills saved his life. He spent a year and a half in Auschwitz where he was forced to remove gold teeth from corpses. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190129
- ISBN
- 9780813190129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.51
€ 28.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JFF; JMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141981741
- ISBN
- 9780141981741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
hardcover. A three-volume study of the Holocaust. First published in 1961, Raul Hilberg's account of how Germany annihilated the Jewish community of Europe spurred discussion and shaped the field of Holocaust studies. This expanded edition includes new material, particularly from archives in Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 1426 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 101. Weight in Grams: 2426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300095579
- ISBN
- 9780300095579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.99€ 152.84
€ 209.99
€ 152.84
Paperback. "One of the major sources for the study on the interraction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century." -- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Translator(s): Briffault, Herma. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801844300
- ISBN
- 9780801844300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.81
€ 35.99
€ 29.81
Hardcover. The first comprehensive study of sport in Donegal throughout the period from 1880 until 1935. In assessing developments at a local and national level, it examines how structures for competitions and teams underwent a significant change within the county and throughout Ireland from the late Victorian period to the beginning of the Irish Free State. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; WSBX; WSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782051206
- ISBN
- 9781782051206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. Illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about, looking at the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749073
- ISBN
- 9780198749073
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Condition: New
€ 60.99
€ 60.99
Paperback. Explores the Latino presence in the United States. This book also debunks common myths about Silicon Valley. Based on oral histories as well as archival research, it shows how San Jose, Santa Clara, and other northern California locales played a critical role in the ongoing development of Latino politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 halftones. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118468
- ISBN
- 9780691118468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
paperback. Robert Darnton explores the scandalous literature of libel and the colorful lives of libelers in eighteenth-century France. By doing so he shows how an ideological current eroded authority under the Old Regime and became absorbed in a new, more radical, political culture under Robespierre. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 552 pages, 47 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221718
- ISBN
- 9780812221718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.48
€ 46.99
€ 46.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRAM1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163215
- ISBN
- 9780691163215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; HPQ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173757
- ISBN
- 9780691173757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.87
€ 29.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Coffee, the Driving Force in History. 240 pages. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; WBX. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 184.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951430
- ISBN
- 9781841951430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. Germany's overseas colonial empire was relatively short-lived, lasting from 1884 to 1918. During this period, dramatically different policies were enacted in the colonies. Why did the same colonizing power act in such differing ways? This work tackles this question through a cross-cultural analysis of German colonialism. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 608 pages, 12 colour plates, 78 halftones, 6 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 37. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772431
- ISBN
- 9780226772431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
€ 52.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. A Social History of Rubber. 416 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight: 684.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672310
- ISBN
- 9781583672310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.26
€ 25.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. "Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of" Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306807435
- ISBN
- 9780306807435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Dr Jesper Aagaard. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199779246
- ISBN
- 9780199779246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.44
€ 83.44
hardcover. Editor(s): Miller, Melanie. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BJ; HBTV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1737.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813929491
- ISBN
- 9780813929491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.13
€ 134.13
Paperback. This ever-popular diary sheds new light on the social history of early19th Century Cotswold life Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 black and white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554685
- ISBN
- 9781781554685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.20
€ 19.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608464609
- ISBN
- 9781608464609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.20
€ 21.99
€ 20.20
Paperback. This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view. Translator(s): Bowring, Richard John. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table,map,plans. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGA; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435764
- ISBN
- 9780140435764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10