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Paperback. As a child, the distinguished historian the author was sent first to the ghetto of Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. As one of the few survivors he has spent much of his life studying Nazism and the Holocaust, but always as a discipline requiring the greatest coldness and objectivity, with his story set to one side. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718197025
- ISBN
- 9780718197025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. In the tradition of Dava Sobel's 'Longitude' comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery - an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007516582
- ISBN
- 9780007516582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486450391
- ISBN
- 9780486450391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.47
€ 23.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Offers a history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam and Smyrna, this title examines the historical and cultural factors unique to Jewish communities throughout Europe, and how these distinctions played out amidst the rest of society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152882
- ISBN
- 9780691152882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. 1531 - after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a "Half-negro" maidservant rides into Florence. Within a year, he rules the city as its Prince. Backed by the Pope and his future father-in-law the Holy Roman Emperor, the nineteen-year-old Alessandro faces down bloody family rivalry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099586944
- ISBN
- 9780099586944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859373019
- ISBN
- 9781859373019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. From a small city college in the sixteenth century the University of Edinburgh grew to be one of the world's greatest centres of scholarship, research and learning. Its history is told here by three of its leading historians with wit, verve and style. Num Pages: 216 pages, 275. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3J; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748616466
- ISBN
- 9780748616466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.31
€ 41.99
€ 37.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTK; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752498867
- ISBN
- 9780752498867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.61
€ 26.99
€ 23.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845887629
- ISBN
- 9781845887629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 16.46
€ 20.00
€ 16.46
Hardback. Frederick Douglass s changeable sense of his own life story is reflected in his many conflicting accounts of events during his journey from slavery to freedom. Robert S. Levine creates a fascinating collage of this elusive subject revisionist biography at its best, offering new perspectives on Douglass the social reformer, orator, and writer." Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055810
- ISBN
- 9780674055810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Paperback. Series: Oxford Oral History Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199329335
- ISBN
- 9780199329335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.45
€ 59.45
Paperback. Hailed as a classic in the Portuguese language, this remarkable intellectual biography of the campaigner who fought to abolish slavery in Brazil is published for the first time in English. Editor(s): Bethell, Leslie. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493668
- ISBN
- 9781908493668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.84
€ 19.99
€ 19.84
Hardback. The unforgettable history of colours and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-coloured volume Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 30. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473630819
- ISBN
- 9781473630819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.03
€ 26.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484865
- ISBN
- 9780801484865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.54
€ 40.99
€ 36.54
Paperback. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700624621
- ISBN
- 9780700624621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.59
€ 33.59
Hardcover. The naval archives containing records of Horatio Nelson's ships were researched in detail by Dr. Longridge to produce this classic book. His expert text is supported by 271 detailed line drawings, rare photographs and unique fold-out plans showing hull framing, interior construction, complex rigging and deck layouts. Num Pages: 327 pages, 50 black and white photographs; 183 line drawings; 12 fold-out scale plans. BIC Classification: HBTM; WDH; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 186 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Publisher
- Special Interest Model Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1955
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854861221
- ISBN
- 9781854861221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.00€ 46.25
€ 50.00
€ 46.25
Paperback. 'Beautifully written, acutely observed This is a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book.' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPR; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376. The Story of an African Childhood. 464 pages. 'Beautifully written, acutely observed This is a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book.' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPR; BM; HBTB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596561
- ISBN
- 9780747596561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her son and daughter. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price - remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family's fate. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725942
- ISBN
- 9780674725942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.01
€ 34.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. A new global history of slavery from ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present day. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849016896
- ISBN
- 9781849016896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. An autobiography chronicling the author's maritime career. It offers an account of what life in Merchant Navy was really like and the conditions in the countries visited, and contains many anecdotes. Series: Maritime Heritage. Num Pages: 240 pages, c45 b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGA; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Silver Link Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857943276
- ISBN
- 9781857943276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Presents a story of the Golden Age of magic and of the world's legendary magicians: the personalities who patented the first ghost and competed fiendishly in the race to make things materialize, levitate and disappear. This book is the masterwork of a man who has dedicated his life to magic, who knows the tricks inside out, and still believes. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ASZG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099476641
- ISBN
- 9780099476641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Drawing on the story of the 1771 Bloody Falls massacre, human geographer Emilie Cameron explores the relationship between stories and colonialism, challenging readers to examine their perceptions of the contemporary Arctic and its peoples. Num Pages: 592 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828857
- ISBN
- 9780774828857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Looks at slavery in the Americas in the context, taking account of both earlier and later forms of slavery. This work examines the relationship between the continents, Europe, Africa and the Americas, through a collection of maps and related text, which puts the key features of the history of slavery in their defining geographical setting. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 188 x 10. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582437807
- ISBN
- 9780582437807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.04
€ 97.04
Paperback. Kristen Hogan traces the feminist bookstore movement's rise and fall, showing how the women at the heart of the movement developed theories and practices of lesbian antiracism and feminist accountability that continue to resonate today. Num Pages: 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK2; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361299
- ISBN
- 9780822361299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28