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The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nine...
The Life Of An Unknown The Redi
hardcover. Corbin recreates the life and world of a man about whom nothing is known except for his entries in the civil registries and historical knowledge about the times in which he lived: Louis-Francois Pinagot, a forester and clog maker who lived during the heart of the nineteenth century -- the age of Romanticism, of Hugo and Berlioz -- from the Napoleonic Wars to the Third Republic. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118408
- ISBN
- 9780231118408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.31
€ 82.31
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617575
- ISBN
- 9780230617575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
€ 18.14
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341982
- ISBN
- 9780230341982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.61
€ 21.99
€ 19.61
paperback. Inspired by the trial of a bureaucrat who helped cause the Holocaust, this radical work on the banality of evil stunned the world with its exploration of a regime's moral blindness and one man's insistence that he be absolved all guilty because he was 'only following orders'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141024004
- ISBN
- 9780141024004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.97
€ 19.99
€ 8.97
paperback. In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. This title explores German writers' strange silence about a moment of mass destruction. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JW; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140298000
- ISBN
- 9780140298000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
paperback. In the terrible aftermath of the battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Offering a reconstruction of Culloden, the author recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140028379
- ISBN
- 9780140028379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
paperback. Presents genealogical details of members of the royal houses of England, Scotland and Great Britain - from 800AD to the present. This title contains the biographical information relating to various monarchs as well as to various members of their immediate family, from parents to grandchildren. It explores the royal family tree. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099539735
- ISBN
- 9780099539735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
paperback. In a panoramic survey of the Victorian Age, this work describes the men and women who brought the modern age into being. The capitalist world was challenged by the ideas of such men as Karl Marx, William Morris and George Bernard Shaw - here they are. Here are also the lofty and famous and here too are the poor and the obscure. Num Pages: 752 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099451860
- ISBN
- 9780099451860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.73
€ 19.99
€ 13.73
paperback. Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink. Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099422587
- ISBN
- 9780099422587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.94
€ 29.99
€ 23.94
paperback. Following the success of "Forgotten Voices of the Great War", this book chronicles one of human histories darkest hours - the Holocaust. This book draws on the recorded evidence of the experiences of Holocaust survivors for the Imperial War Museum sound archive - one of the most important archives of its kind in the world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091898267
- ISBN
- 9780091898267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.73
€ 19.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Dr. Piers. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HD; JHBZ; MBX; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246454
- ISBN
- 9781138246454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFV; HBTB; JFSL9; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059710
- ISBN
- 9781922059710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.41
€ 26.99
€ 20.41
Hardback. Covering a wide variety of topics, including science, citizenship, gender, and anti-Semitism, the author demonstrates how sin which rhetoric tied to blood and vampires permeated political discourse and transcended the disparate cultures of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, forming a cohesive political and cultural metaphor. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843611
- ISBN
- 9781934843611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.85
€ 140.85
Hardback. Historians and students of Russian culture agree that the creation of a Russian literary language was key to the formation of a modern secular culture. This title traces the growth of a vernacular language from the 'hybrid Slavonic' of the late seventeenth century through the debates between 'archaists and innovators' of the early 19th century. Translator(s): Levitt, Marcus. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 534 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843123
- ISBN
- 9781934843123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.10
€ 173.10
Paperback. A starkly compelling, original chronicle of survival in Nazi-occupied Poland, available in English for the first time Translator(s): Bogin, Magda. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934137451
- ISBN
- 9781934137451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.01
€ 17.99
€ 17.01
hardcover. Presents a view of the psyche that avoids the simplifications both of the materialists and those who believe in the soul as something quite distinct from body. This title includes Aristotle's idiosyncratic and influential account of light and colors. Translator(s): Sachs, Joe. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JM; PHJ; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009163
- ISBN
- 9781888009163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.27
€ 34.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Discusses the story of the shrinking bathing suit and the evolution of the black singlet. This book on the role of clothes in our history shows the way in which clothes reveal and identify, embody tradition and memory, are both local and global. Editor(s): Labrum, Bronwyn; McKergow, Fiona; Gibson, Stephanie. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations (colour section). BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 100 x 100 x 100. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869403973
- ISBN
- 9781869403973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.98
€ 43.98
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838050
- ISBN
- 9781843838050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.69
€ 46.69
Hardcover. Ranging from the Reformation, through the ages of confessionalization, to the Enlightenment, Mixed Matches addresses the historical complexity of the socio-cultural institution of marriage. Editor(s): Luebke, David Martin; Lindemann, Mary. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384090
- ISBN
- 9781782384090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.25
€ 155.25
Hardcover. The long path to the Berlin Wall began in 1945, when Josef Stalin instructed the Communist Party to take power in the Soviet occupation zone while the three Western allies secured their areas of influence. When Germany was split into separate states in 1949, Berlin remained divided into four sectors, with West Berlin surrounded by the GDR.. Translator(s): Perl, Sophie. Num Pages: 412 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382881
- ISBN
- 9781782382881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.37
€ 167.37
Hardback. Series: Jews of Poland. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618114129
- ISBN
- 9781618114129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.65
€ 126.65
Series: Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112569
- ISBN
- 9781618112569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43
€ 103.43
Hardback. Series: Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBTB; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483666
- ISBN
- 9781611483666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.87
€ 136.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480528
- ISBN
- 9781611480528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.49
€ 121.49