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Paperback. An eloquent revelation that touches the foundations of what man is. Neither despairing nor conventionally hopeful, The Survivor describes the most terrible events in human memory. But what emerges finally is an image of man stubbornly equal to the worst that can happen. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
50061st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195027037
ISBN
9780195027037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.26

Hardback. This wide-ranging volume integrates documentary sources and contemporary archaeological evidence to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Swahili history, anthropology, language and culture. Series: The peoples of Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HSM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631189190
ISBN
9780631189190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.11

Paperback. The spread of anti-Semitism across Europe before World War II has received strikingly little comprehensive study. Drawing on newspapers, magazines, diaries, diplomatic correspondence, organizational reports, and a variety of other sources, this history reveals how imperiled European Jews navigated their world as darkness closed about. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137302465
ISBN
9781137302465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

paperback. The author situates the work experience in Latin America's broader history in a chronological order and divided into five periods. With each period, he discusses the chief economic, political and social characteristics as they relate to work, identifying with continuities from the previous period. Num Pages: 220 pages, tables, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765602084
ISBN
9780765602084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.94

Hardback. Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; KNTR; TBX; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921617
ISBN
9780813921617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.45

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752439099
ISBN
9780752439099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195326888
ISBN
9780195326888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.89

Hardback. Illustrated with images and photographs, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue in Britain and Ireland from its discreet Georgian- and Regency-era beginnings to the golden age of the grand 'cathedral synagogues' of the High Victorian period. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 398 pages, 80 colour images + 170 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; AMN; HBTB; HRJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1970.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
398
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170511
ISBN
9780300170511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 45.57

Paperback. Shows how food - and its lack - was central to the war's causes and continuation. This title explores how starvation was often a deliberate governmental policy, and reveals how the necessity of feeding whole countries leads to Pearl Harbour, Germany's invasion of Russia, and the Holocaust itself. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBTB; HBWQ; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141028972
ISBN
9780141028972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. In the medieval Castilian village of Guzman (population: 80), villagers have gathered for centuries in the 'telling room' to share stories and drink the local wine. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DN; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782112792
ISBN
9781782112792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Hardback. How the temp industry undermined the idea that workers are a company's chief asset Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439900802
ISBN
9781439900802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.54

Paperback. Series: Housing and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415720250
ISBN
9780415720250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.25
€ 59.48

Hardcover. Presents a document from the last months of the Holocaust. This book tells the story of the Terezin camp and how the author and her family fared while imprisoned there. Editor(s): Dwork, Deborah. Num Pages: 280 pages, 124 colour plates. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 273 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Facsimile ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511863
ISBN
9780226511863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived in the stricken vessel. This title presents a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its centre. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003333
ISBN
9780091879372
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226184395
ISBN
9780226184395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.09

Hardcover. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184388
ISBN
9780226184388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 45.53

Paperback. This specially updated edition of 'The Terrorism Reader' now contains a chapter on The Taliban and the al-Qaida terror network and new material on George W. Bush's war against terrorism. Editor(s): Whittaker, David J. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415687324
ISBN
9780415687324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.94

Paperback. Webb's classic history of the Texas Rangers has been popular ever since its first publication in 1935. This edition is a reproduction of the original Houghton Mifflin edition. Illustrator(s): Rees, Lonnie. Series: Texas Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Later printing
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292781108
ISBN
9780292781108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. The foundations for the modern textile industry were laid by the technical developments of the 18th century. These volumes contain a selection of more than 100 articles that identify the key historical developments and which reveal the complex issues within the textile industry today. Editor(s): Chapman, S.D. Series: Tauris Industrial Histories. Num Pages: 1800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 168. Weight in Grams: 2481.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
1800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860640575
ISBN
9781860640575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 971.07

Paperback. There are a great deal of memorials to the Holocaust that occurred during the World War II. This book examines Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel and America, exploring how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals and experiences. Num Pages: 416 pages, 121 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 1KBB; GM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059915
ISBN
9780300059915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.78

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