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Paperback. New in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust. A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences. The hardback received enormous acclaim. Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world's leading social theorists. Num Pages: 238 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745609300
ISBN
9780745609300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.97

Paperback. The story of how machines changed the face of industry and farming in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book is fully illustrated with photographs, drawings and details of places to visit to view these wonderful inventions. Series: England's Living History. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 244. Steam, Sparks and Massive Wheels. Series: England's Living History. 128 pages, illustrations. The story of how machines changed the face of industry and farming in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book is fully illustrated with photographs, drawings and details of places to visit to view these wonderful inventions. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTK. Dimension: 210 x 128 x 9. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Countryside Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853069352
ISBN
9781853069352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Hardback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801442735
ISBN
9780801442735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

paperback. Examines culinary writing and practices as forces for the production of social order and, at the same time, points of cultural resistance. This book offers a close reading of a wide variety of sources and genres to uncover the intersections of food, politics, and privilege in American culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 283 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284982
ISBN
9780520284982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Food and feast in Tudor England Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 colour plates, 47 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937726
ISBN
9780750937726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Hitler won support even as he established the Gestapo and concentration camps. What has been in dispute is exactly what the Germans knew about these camps, and how they were involved. The author traces the story from 1933, and shows how war and the prospect of defeat radicalized Nazism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802910
ISBN
9780192802910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.28

Paperback. Exploring the effects of fire in the social and ecological history of the British Lesser Antilles, this title focuses on the late 19th century, leading to the 1905 withdrawal of British military forces from the region. It shows how fire-lit social upheavals served as forerunners of political independence movements. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 table, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227591
ISBN
9780807855232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Examining imperial efforts to police urban space from the late sixteenth century onward, the author shows how the production of urban space was explicitly centered on the politics of racial exclusion and social control. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286047
ISBN
9780520286047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; KCR; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169590
ISBN
9780691169590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.96

Paperback. A groundbreaking and beautifully written history of ballet, from its origins to the present, by a dancer turned historian and critic - will do for ballet what Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise did for music. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 45. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082565
ISBN
9781847082565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Sigmund Stein was a Jew and also a German with deep roots in rural Germany. When fellow Jews urged Stein to leave Germany in the 1930s and after, he refused. The divided loyalty of a lifetime was finally resolved in Auschwitz. Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; G; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634045
ISBN
9781566634045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.15

Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232443
ISBN
9780312232443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.11
€ 56.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, over 260 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325816
ISBN
9780764325816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 46.30

Hardcover. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Num Pages: 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2498. 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight: 2486.
Publisher
British Library
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0002-
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712358798
ISBN
9780712358798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 41.96

Hardback. Gossip is one of the most common, and most condemned, forms of discourse in which we engage - even as it is often absorbing and socially significant, it is also widely denigrated. This volume examines fascinating moments in the history of gossip in America, from witchcraft trials to People magazine, helping us to see the subject with new eyes. Editor(s): Feeley, Kathleen; Frost, Jennifer. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442291
ISBN
9781137442291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Paperback. "A tour de force."-Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393331998
ISBN
9780393331998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. An authoritative history of the hypersonic career and lasting influence of America s Mach 6 rocket plane, packed with photos and spectacular new artwork, which will appeal to the many aviation fans fascinated by the thrilling, dangerous world of Space Age pioneers." Series: X-Planes. Num Pages: 80 pages, 200 b/w; 50 col. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTW; JWMV3; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472819918
ISBN
9781472819918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 maps, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 charts, 1 graph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJP; HBTB; HBWN; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526104588
ISBN
9781526104588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.40

Paperback. Space and time have been compressed and globalization has become a by-word for many of the processes and patterns in economic, political and cultural change. This book explores the nature of space in our lives. It looks at how we engage space and are engaged by it. Editor(s): Hourihane, James. Num Pages: 144 pages, col. Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0219991
ISBN
9781843510345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486470
ISBN
9780801486470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. The bestselling account of the Battle of Trafalgar, by the authors of FINEST HOUR - 'A landmark book' - Observer Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340830284
ISBN
9780340830284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not. Num Pages: 380 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 614. Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850. 384 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 maps 7 tables. A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBTK; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight: 604.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521168243
ISBN
9780521168243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.30

Hardback. Pascual de Gayangos (1809-1897), celebrated Spanish Orientalist and polymath, is recognised as the father of the modern school of Arabic studies in Spain. This collection celebrates the 200th anniversary of his birth Editor(s): Alvarez Millan, Cristina; Heide, Claudia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; GTB; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635474
ISBN
9780748635474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 107.52

Paperback. Portrays the three indigenous rebellions that threatened Spanish control of its South American colonies more than a quarter century before the Wars of Independence (1808-1825). This collection includes maps, a chronology of the rebellions, and a glossary of terms. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208452
ISBN
9780872208452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

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