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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
€ 54.99€ 46.16
€ 54.99
€ 46.16
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€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. This work examines the British Indian colonial impact on the economy and society of nineteenth-century Afghanistan, with particular interest in the relationships among Kabul, Qandahar, and Peshawar. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774116
- ISBN
- 9780804774116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
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€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
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€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
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€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
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€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. On 4 July 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky, and his prisoners were the Imperial family. Thirteen days later, at Yurovsky's command, the family was gunned down in a blaze of bullets. This title presents the story of those murders. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520092
- ISBN
- 9780099520092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
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
€ 92.92
€ 92.92
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
€ 31.99€ 28.70
€ 31.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Collection of essays exploring the controversies surrounding images of the Holocaust. Editor(s): Bathrick, David; Prager, Brad; Richardson, Michael D. Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482. Documents, Aesthetics, Memory. Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. 348 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bathrick, David; Prager, Brad; Richardson, Michael D. Collection of essays exploring the controversies surrounding images of the Holocaust. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; HBTZ1. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 19. Weight: 480.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135421
- ISBN
- 9781571135421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.81
€ 44.99
€ 36.81
Paperback. From its inception, P&A Campbell dominated steamer travel on the Bristol Channel, both for tourism and trade between Bristol and South Wales. The steamers of Campbell's were a regular sight as they were down to the north Devon coast, Lundy Island, and the Somerset piers. This book presents the history of the early P&A Campbell years. Num Pages: 192 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752438719
- ISBN
- 9780752438719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.51
€ 24.99
€ 21.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652298393
- ISBN
- 9789652298393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747974
- ISBN
- 9780804747974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
Hardback. A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped (or didn't) with the experience. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest. This work offers us a way to transcend suffering. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846042843
- ISBN
- 9781846042843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pp. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BTH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444707960
- ISBN
- 9781444707960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; JHBL; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 108. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608465453
- ISBN
- 9781608465453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.89
€ 13.99
€ 12.89
Paperback. Rippermania has driven a 120-year-old investigation to identify the depraved perpetrator of the savage murder of five prostitutes in the East End of London. This book features personalities whose reputations have been tarnished by modern authors clamouring to name celebrities as suspects, accomplices or conspirators. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752447575
- ISBN
- 9780752447575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629726
- ISBN
- 9780815629726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.97
€ 56.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173276
- ISBN
- 9780691173276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
€ 37.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719066993
- ISBN
- 9780719066993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Hardback. Series: Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120005
- ISBN
- 9780231120005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTZ1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- HPOD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472567185
- ISBN
- 9781472567185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.74
€ 33.99
€ 28.74
Paperback. This book examines the course and nature of Roman expansion during the Republic and Early Empire, focusing on the impact of Roman rule on the subject, and the effect of empire on the imperial power. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748619634
- ISBN
- 9780748619634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23