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Paperback. In his wrenching, classic autobiography--one of the most important documents in American history--Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave and, later, a slave who became a man. Reissue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 11. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780451529947
ISBN
9780451529947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BM; HBTW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Anchor
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345806338
ISBN
9780345806338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Connects the rise of Chinese nationalism to the growth of a Chinese working class. This title shows how workers' refusal to be treated "like cattle and horses" (a line from an anonymous worker's poem on poor working conditions) derived from a fresh but powerfully felt sense of dignity. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC; JHBL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327936
ISBN
9780822327936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book

Argues that the origins of courtliness lie in the German courts, their courtier class, and the education for court service in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812213072
ISBN
9780812213072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of hip-hop in Ghana and West Africa more broadly. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGR; HBTB; JFC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137405067
ISBN
9781137405067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Verso Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781680780
ISBN
9781781680780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813507996
ISBN
9780813507996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.53

Sheet map, folded.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918126
ISBN
9781844918126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Sheet map, folded. .
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Heritage Cartography
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905718665
ISBN
9781905718665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.73

Hardcover. With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Clean copy in fine dustjacket with shelf wear. Some sunning to spine and minor tearing and edgewear to DJ. All illustrations present. In very good condition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Constable
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000025
ISBN
9780094757509
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. Series Editor(s): Brown, Richard; Smith, David. Series: Cambridge perspectives in history. Num Pages: 132 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTG; JP; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521596657
ISBN
9780521596657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.93

Sheet map, folded.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918171
ISBN
9781844918171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. In Treblinka Survivor, Journalist and author Mark S. Smith traces the life of a man who survived seven camps, and what he had to do to achieve this. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752463711
ISBN
9780752463711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. "This collection of essays explores the emergence of economic societies in the British Isles and their development into a European, American and global reform movement in the eighteenth century. Its fourteen contributions demonstrate the intellectual horizons and international networks of this widespread and influential phenomenon"-- Editor(s): Stapelbroek, Koen; Marjanen, Jani. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 507.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349346301
ISBN
9781349346301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Poet and musician, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised an illegitimate child at her home in Berkeley Square. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571311125
ISBN
9780571311125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? The author captures that season of glory in a book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline. It is the story of machines and men who flew them. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBTK; KNDV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571247950
ISBN
9780571247950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Meet the girl from MI5 who had the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas; the barman who was appointed the keeper of Winston Churchill's private bottle of whisky; the East End Communist who marched with his comrades into the air-raid shelter of the Savoy; the throneless prince born in a suite at Claridge's declared.. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571234783
ISBN
9780571234783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. 28th April 1870. Fanny and Stella, the flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton, are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls. Moments later they are led away by the police. What followed was a scandal that shocked Victorian England in equal measure. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BT; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231911
ISBN
9780571231911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Covering the Irish Sea Ferries from Liverpool, this title looks at the ships that sailed to Belfast. Covering Coast Lines, the Belfast Steamship Company and many others, this volume is of interest to those interested in short sea boats as well as locals in both Belfast and Liverpool. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442358
ISBN
9780752442358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Editor(s): Palmie, Stephan; Scarano, Francisco A. Num Pages: 624 pages, 71 halftones, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645087
ISBN
9780226645087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.52

Hardcover. Series: Contributions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780313236112
ISBN
9780313236112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.78
€ 51.69

Paperback. Hong Kong has faced many changes,challenges and opportunities since the retrocession from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty. This volume presents an assessment of the major developments and unfolding trends in the initial years of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Editor(s): So, Alvin Y. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9789622096073
ISBN
9789622096073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. The Holocaust in Hungary 1944. 230 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Cesarani, David. Examines the deportation and murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews during the last months of World War II, when German military and diplomatic power was on the wane. Drawing on new sources, leading scholars attempt to shed light on a shameful period in history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 13. Weight: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859731260
ISBN
9781859731260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

Paperback. An account of feral children - those brought up with no human contact, sometimes raised by wild animals, unable to speak or perform functions we consider human. The book examines their lives and the experiences of those who "rescued" them, looked after them, educated them or abused them. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsimiles, portraits, 8 B&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571214600
ISBN
9780571214600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.64

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