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Paperback. September 1940. With calm deliberation, Polish Army officer Witold Pilecki walked into a Nazi German street roundup in Warsaw.. and became Auschwitz Prisoner No. 4859. Translator(s): Garlinski, Jarek. Num Pages: 460 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Aquila Polonica Publishing United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607720102
ISBN
9781607720102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 540 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520049550
ISBN
9780520049550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 32.06

Hardcover. * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745656014
ISBN
9780745656014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745656021
ISBN
9780745656021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wayne State University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814325384
ISBN
9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.13

Paperback. This critical edition of Princess Fatima Massaquoi's memoirs begins with her birth in southern Sierra Leone, continues through her childhood in Liberia, moves on to Hamburg, Germany, where she lived and experienced the rise of the Nazi movement, and ends with her life in the United States. Editor(s): Abraham, A.; Seton, Vivian; Tuchscherer, Konrad. Num Pages: 297 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJH; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349376155
ISBN
9781349376155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.33

Hardcover. This critical edition of Princess Fatima Massaquoi's memoirs begins with her birth in southern Sierra Leone, continues through her childhood in Liberia, moves on to Hamburg, Germany, where she lived and experienced the rise of the Nazi movement, and ends with her life in the United States. Editor(s): Seton, Vivian; Tuchscherer, Konrad; Abraham, Arthur. Num Pages: 297 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609587
ISBN
9780230609587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.57

paperback. In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. This work offers a glimpse into a Japanese boy's life at the time of the Sino-Japanese (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese (1904-5) wars. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077607
ISBN
9780520077607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.88

Hardcover. This volume presents the life, thought and art of 14th and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. For the author, this period marked an important phase of medieval life and thought. First published in 1919, this English edition has all previous mis-translations corrected. Translator(s): Payton, Rodney J.; Mammitzsch, Ulrich. Num Pages: 560 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226359922
ISBN
9780226359922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.03
€ 79.41

Paperback. Presents a picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced by ordinary people. Suitable for general readers, this title describes how these vulnerable people confronted life, from birth to death, including childhood, marriage, work, sex, food, illness, religion, and the natural world. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154312
ISBN
9780691154312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816645596
ISBN
9780816645596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. Tells the remarkable story of the bagel's journey from the tables of seventeenth-century Poland to the freezers of middle America, a story of often surprising connections between a cheap market-day snack and centuries of Polish, Jewish, and American history. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158205
ISBN
9780300158205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 415 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349219292
ISBN
9781349219292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.56

paperback. An examination of the fall of the Iron Curtain and its significance from the perspective of Greece.
Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349450923
ISBN
9781349450923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. An examination of the fall of the Iron Curtain and its significance from the perspective of Greece. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 maps, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137292438
ISBN
9781137292438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.55

Paperback. Aims to provide a definitive history of global football. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 49. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141015828
ISBN
9780141015828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Using court records, letters, and pamphlets, Goetz suggests new ways of approaching and understanding the deeply entwined relationship between Christianity and race in early America. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HRA; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419817
ISBN
9781421419817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Traces the collapse of the Roman military system and its replacement with barbarian mercenaries by the fourth century, following the invasions by the Germanic peoples. This book offers an examination of the decline of the Germanic-Romanic military system in the Middle Ages and the rise of the feudal system. Translator(s): Renfroe, Walter J., Jr. Num Pages: 506 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
506
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292000
ISBN
9780803292000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307475459
ISBN
9780307475459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. They are a mythical people, almost an imagined people, writes Kurlansky. Signs of their civilization exist well before the arrival of the Romans in 218BC. Their forbidden tongue is equally mysterious, it is related to no other, but today the Basques are enjoying what may be the most important cultural renaissance in their long existence. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284130
ISBN
9780099284130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture Editor(s): Losebrink, Hans-Jorgen; Reichardt, Rolf. Translator(s): Schurer, Norbert. Series: Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution. Num Pages: 328 pages, 45 halftones, 4 charts, 8 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3658 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822318941
ISBN
9780822318941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Willow Publishing,Timperley United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946361441
ISBN
9780946361441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Hardcover. Called by some a 'Mediterranean Jutland,' the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. This is the story of the largest naval engagement in the Mediterranean during the First World War. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBTM; HBWN; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253343796
ISBN
9780253343796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.20

Paperback. It has become known to many as the moment when the US Supreme Court kicked God out of the public schools, supposedly paving the way for a decline in educational quality and a dramatic rise in delinquency and immorality. This book helps readers understand why Americans remain divided on how divided church and state should be. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; HRAM9; JNKC; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615261
ISBN
9780700615261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.65

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