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Paperback. Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And then, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who got away with faking His Majesty's coins, and was trying to take over the Mint itself. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571229932
- ISBN
- 9780571229932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Jet, a hard, black, shiny gen, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but during the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. This book traces the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HBTK; WCP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747807315
- ISBN
- 9780747807315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. A bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles's book is the precursor of today's motivational and self-improvement literature and encapsulated the aspirational Victorian desire for social advancement. Editor(s): Sinnema, Peter W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552450
- ISBN
- 9780199552450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679256
- ISBN
- 9780199679256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.36
€ 27.36
Paperback. This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192805102
- ISBN
- 9780192805102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Provides a thorough history of the nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focussing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame. This title provides the rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern construction. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBT; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 141 x 40. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773525641
- ISBN
- 9780773525641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. From the arrival of Italian ice-cream vendors and German pork butchers, to the rise of curry as the national dish, this book reveals the fascinating multicultural history of British food over the last 150 years, showing how a combination of immigration, increased wealth and globalization have transformed the eating habits of the British. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861896582
- ISBN
- 9781861896582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.17
€ 30.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007548385
- ISBN
- 9780007548385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227173893
- ISBN
- 9780227173893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of historical and contemporary materials, the author demonstrates how the social significance of clothing has been transformed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: AKTA; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226117997
- ISBN
- 9780226117997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187426
- ISBN
- 9780141187426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. The sheer magnitude of the Holocaust has commanded our attention. The extent of atrocities, however, has overshadowed the calculus Nazis used to justify their deeds. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 color illustrations in one 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027381
- ISBN
- 9780674027381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.85
€ 34.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. Drawing on a wide range of diverse source material this important new book discusses the lives of lesbians from the late eighteenth century to the 1970s. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415114851
- ISBN
- 9780415114851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Presents an analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. This book proposes that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. Num Pages: 496 pages, 51 line illustrations, 42 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JN; JPHV; KCZ; KJMV3; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 6390th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035300
- ISBN
- 9780674035300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.52
€ 27.99
€ 25.52
paperback. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, this title explains the origin of the machine age and traces its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDR; PDX; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 522
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550275
- ISBN
- 9780226550275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.12
€ 33.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 tables, 2 photographs, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBLX; HBTV; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199936977
- ISBN
- 9780199936977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.66
€ 49.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Y Lolfa United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847711465
- ISBN
- 9781847711465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.23
€ 14.23
Paperback. Presents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; DNJ; HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099550259
- ISBN
- 9780099550259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Immigrants from Pakistan, Egypt, India, and Palestine who were racially profiled and detained following the September 11 attacks tell their personal stories in a collection which explores themes of transnationalism, racialization, and the global war on terror, and explains the human cost of suspending civil liberties after a wartime emergency. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBTD; JFSR2; JPVH1; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103825
- ISBN
- 9780230103825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.74
€ 36.74
Paperback. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. Num Pages: 451 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 664. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. 454 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight: 724.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 451
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521248969
- ISBN
- 9780521248969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081576
- ISBN
- 9780252081576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503601086
- ISBN
- 9781503601086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. At one time British ships carried half of world's trade, transporting every conceivable freight from and to all four corners of the globe - and in times of crisis its tremendous merchant fleet has also offered military assistance. This title relates the Merchant Navy's colourful history and brings to life the day-to-day experiences of the seamen. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747812326
- ISBN
- 9780747812326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. This book is an introduction and guide to Luton's hatting industry and to the distinctive and varied character of its buildings. Series: Informed Conservation. Num Pages: 104 pages, 113. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- English Heritage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848021198
- ISBN
- 9781848021198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10