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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. A history of American culture as told through its eating habits and restaurants. Num Pages: 560 pages, 95 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 254 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406804
- ISBN
- 9780871406804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706276
- ISBN
- 9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Presenting a range of translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of scholarship. It sheds light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415331586
- ISBN
- 9780415331586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. This textbook covers the key areas of women's lives in the period 1850-1945 and should be welcomed by students and teachers as an introduction to a formative period in women's history. Editor(s): Purvis, June. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238892
- ISBN
- 9780415238892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. When they reach adulthood, children of Holocaust victims often need professional help as during their childhood, their parents unconsciously transmit to them much of their own trauma. Dina Wardi shows verbatim accounts of therapy sessions. Series: International Library of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JMC; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415060998
- ISBN
- 9780415060998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. Reconstructs and intervenes in the fascinating debates that have pitted the history of thinking about film. Both an engaging history and an invaluable sourcebook, this book examines a vast pool of thought. Editor(s): Tredell, Nicolas. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002875
- ISBN
- 9781840463545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Chronicles more than forty years of black music: from the hopeful, angry refrains of the Freedom movement to the slick pop of Motown; from Woodstock and the 'Summer of Love' to Vietnam and the race riots; from disco inferno to the Million Man March. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0002310
- ISBN
- 9781841952963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An in-depth investigation into the history and exploits of the Commandos Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0001957
- ISBN
- 9780747266457
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As he stepped into the massive, roaring space of the Coliseum, he would have been aware of two things: first the bodies of those who had fought and fallen, their blood mingling with the hot dust of the arena floor; second, a sound as ominous as the scenes before him - that of swords being sharpened. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ASZ; HBJD; HBLA; HBTS; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0001040
- ISBN
- 9780091886547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An in-depth investigation into the history and exploits of the Commandos Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000893
- ISBN
- 9780747266457
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The "Cliveden set" included leading politicians, academics, bankers, writers and newspaper editors who gathered at the wealthy country estate of Nancy and Waldorf Astor. But in the late 1930s it was identified as a treacherous cabal seeking to manipulate foreign policy in its own class interests. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003141
- ISBN
- 9780712667425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. It is the study of genetic variation, backed up by language and archaeology, which provides evidence about the spread of farming, the movements of peoples across the globe, the precise links between races - and the sheer unscientific absurdity of racism. This work offers an investigation into the past 100,000 years of human history. Translator(s): Seielstad, Mark. Num Pages: 240 pages, diagrams, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HBTB; PSAK; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001797
- ISBN
- 9780140296020
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. * Introduction by Daniel Goldhagen, author HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS. * With TV series such as Hitler's Henchman, The World at War, Hitler's Women - interest in WWII has never been higher. Num Pages: 256 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 166. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001441
- ISBN
- 9780349114576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Rediscover the events, characters and pioneering spirit that helped create the modern world in 1847, this eclectic collection of events, stories and character portraits. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 292 x 37. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717168347
- ISBN
- 9780717168347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 21.82
€ 32.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. The Irish Revolution - the war between the British authorities and IRA - was the first successful revolt anywhere against the British Empire. This narrative places events in Ireland in the wider context of a world in turmoil after the ending of a global war: one that saw the collapse of empires and the rise of fascist Italy and communist Russia. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571243013
- ISBN
- 9780571243013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.37
€ 14.99
€ 12.37
Hardcover. Photographs of discarded items such as toothbrushes, playing cards, worn-out trainers, teargas canisters and children's dolls present an alternative portrait of residents of 'The Jungle' refugee camp in Calais, France. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJB; AJC; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 225. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- GOST Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910401156
- ISBN
- 9781910401156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360636
- ISBN
- 9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- SKU
- V9781589798908
- ISBN
- 9781589798908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.41
€ 18.99
€ 18.41
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Wheeler, David. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFH; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762777501
- ISBN
- 9780762777501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.43
€ 16.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. Considers developments including the use of gunpowder, the invention of firearms and iron balls. After reviewing the establishment of a European infantry, this work discusses the transformation of loose confederations of knights into cavalry, the organization of fighting mercenaries, and the changing of mercenary bands into standing armies. Translator(s): Renfroe, Walter J., Jr. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: HBT; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803265868
- ISBN
- 9780803265868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, spent four months in Ireland in 1845, filling halls with eloquent denunciations of slavery and causing controversy with graphic descriptions of slaves being tortured. He also shared a stage with Daniel O'Connell. Num Pages: 240 pages, B&W images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848891968
- ISBN
- 9781848891968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Attempts to chronicle every visit to the UK by American (and Canadian!) rock 'n' roll artists, and includes full tour itineraries, support acts, show reports, and TV appearances. This work features illustrations of programmes, tickets, vintage ads and atmospheric live shots. Num Pages: 422 pages, tables & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGP; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951988862
- ISBN
- 9780951988862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 24.65
€ 38.99
€ 24.65
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Carrilho, Andre. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dragonfly Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553498424
- ISBN
- 9780553498424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.71
€ 10.71
Paperback. "A superb, all-encompassing survey of music in America." -Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 992 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393327267
- ISBN
- 9780393327267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13