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Paperback. Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. This book offers a paradigm for theorizing gender and sexuality - not just in the Victorian period, but in our own. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128351
- ISBN
- 9780691128351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history Num Pages: 368 pages, 16, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819036
- ISBN
- 9780753819036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Arranged chronologically and thematically, the book highlights how ideas about the appropriate relationships among science, scientists, and the state changed over time. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407715
- ISBN
- 9781421407715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.31
€ 30.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. This book will be set out as a how-to guide of advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 10. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781592861
- ISBN
- 9781781592861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. In the eyes of many, Magda Goebbels was the "First Lady" of the Reich. How did this devoted mother of six, the poster-child of family values during the Third Reich, turn into Medea and poison these same children? Anja Klabunde's biography examines her complex life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751534481
- ISBN
- 9780751534481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.27
€ 18.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. This title deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3H; HBTK; HBTM; JWF; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 179 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782007791
- ISBN
- 9781782007791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099574873
- ISBN
- 9780099574873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 742
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415707336
- ISBN
- 9780415707336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.79
€ 63.79
Paperback. Cows and Catastrophes includes tales of the author's 40 years of farming on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, where he has lived and worked for all his life. Including 32 specially commissioned illustrations by Rory Walker, this book will bring a wry smile to the faces of other farmers who will recognise situations that they too have been in. Illustrator(s): Walker, Rory. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BM; HBTB; KNAC; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Fox Chapel Publishers International
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910456484
- ISBN
- 9781910456484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.30
€ 13.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. Containing over one hundred selections ranging from songs, artwork, and poetry, to journalism, oral history, and scholarship-most published in English for the first time-The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multi-layered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. Editor(s): Farnsworth-Alvear, Ann; Palacios, Marco; Gomez Lopez, Ana Maria. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 648 pages, 103 illustrations (incl. 8 page color insert). BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HBTB; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362289
- ISBN
- 9780822362289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Hardcover. A revisionist history of the modernist architectural movement, which encapsulated internationalist politics and ideals in the inter-war years and beyond. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 black and white integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AMX; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537128
- ISBN
- 9781784537128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 49.51
€ 53.24
€ 49.51
Paperback. A remarkable memoir of strength and bravery from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler's list. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471119682
- ISBN
- 9781471119682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed biography of Turner comes a major new work that explores the relationship between art and business in nineteenth-century Britain. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782395188
- ISBN
- 9781782395188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.58
€ 19.99
€ 14.58
Paperback. In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the eighteenth century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. The nation's most significant artists, actors, poets, novelists, and dramatists lived here. This book tells the story of Covent Garden. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718195830
- ISBN
- 9780718195830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.52
€ 25.52
Hardcover. On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he's reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone in the country was invited to take a moment and write that letter. A selection of those letters are published here, in a new kind of war memorial - one made only of words. Editor(s): Pullinger, Kate; Bartlett, Neil. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 3JJF; 3JMG; HBTD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0009802
- ISBN
- 9780008116842
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975422
- ISBN
- 9780674975422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493057
- ISBN
- 9781908493057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.77
€ 19.99
€ 19.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Diana. Num Pages: 255 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894974288
- ISBN
- 9781894974288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.79
€ 20.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens, near Brighouse, was the Belle Vue or Alton Towers of West Yorkshire. It opened as a garden in 1880, and became a popular venue for sunday strollers, local sunday school groups and day trippers. This collection features 180 images, complemented by captions and reminiscences of the Gardens throughout its long history. Series: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, approx 200. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBT; WQH; WTHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752443553
- ISBN
- 9780752443553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. During the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This book traces the development of the Spanish galleon, and outlines the constructional methods, the ordnance and the crewing needed to produce and maintain these stately vessels. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 7 colour illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841766379
- ISBN
- 9781841766379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Multiple-component retail product. Contains a set of 9 maps of England and Wales taken from early black and white Ordnance Survey sheets. Series: Victorian Maps, England and Wales 1897 S. Num Pages: maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 930 x 635 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104. New.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Folded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781873590461
- ISBN
- 9781873590461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Levack, Brian P. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138774971
- ISBN
- 9781138774971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.96
€ 68.96
Paperback. Coal has transformed societies, shaped the fate of nations, launched empires, and triggered wars. It fuelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain, propelling the rise of a small rural kingdom into the greatest commercial empire in the world. This book explores the profound role coal has played in human history and continues to play in the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNBC; RBGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478843
- ISBN
- 9780099478843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Surveys centuries of folklore about vampires. This book offers an explanation for the origins of the vampire legends, from the tale of a sixteenth-century shoemaker from Breslau whose ghost terrorized everyone in the city, to the testimony of a doctor who presided over the exhumation and dissection of a graveyard full of Serbian vampires. Num Pages: 244 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HBT; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164817
- ISBN
- 9780300164817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.82
€ 24.99
€ 18.82