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Paperback. Editor(s): Winocour, J. Series: Dover Maritime. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486206103
ISBN
9780486206103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.81

Paperback. Narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976440
ISBN
9780295976440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.58

Paperback. Shows that without effective church leadership under Pius XII, Catholics acted ambiguously during the Holocaust--some saving Jews, others helping Hitler murder them, the majority simply standing by Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HRCC7; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214713
ISBN
9780253214713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. This work traces the lives of the Palaeo-Eskimos, the bold first explorers of the Arctic. Four thousand years ago, these people entered the far northern extremes of the North American continent, carving a living out of their bleak new homeland. Num Pages: 244 pages, 83ill.(16col.).figs.10M. BIC Classification: 1KBCW; 1MTN; HBTP; HDDA; JFSL9; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774808545
ISBN
9780774808545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. How childbearing among enslaved women became commodified-and was exploited by slaveowners as well as slaves. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218732
ISBN
9780812218732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.54

Hardcover. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732984
ISBN
9780814732984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.08

Hardback. Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration is an intensive study of the constitutional and political arguments between Hamilton and Jefferson in Washington's cabinet. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JPA; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107109056
ISBN
9781107109056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.89

Paperback. The story of Greece's resistance to European domination past and present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; HBTV; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785353987
ISBN
9781785353987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.75

Paperback. Based on letters, diaries and oral histories, this title explores the impact of the 'war to end all wars' on the male body. It argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 66 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN; JFSJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890351
ISBN
9781861890351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.09

Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780486411439
ISBN
9780486411439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Schocken Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780805211764
ISBN
9780805211764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.01

Hardcover. We live in an age of obsession. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, this work traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226137827
ISBN
9780226137827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. In "The greatest killer" Donald R. Hopkins provides a historical account of smallpox beginning with its origins 10,000 years ago in Africa or Asia and tracing its spread through the ancient and modern worlds. Hopkins shows smallpox to be one of the most devastating attacks on society. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 30. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226351681
ISBN
9780226351681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.29

Paperback. A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393328516
ISBN
9780393328516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. The Age of Reconnaissance, as JH Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. This book examines the inducements - political, economic, religious - to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520042353
ISBN
9780520042353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 540 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520049550
ISBN
9780520049550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482823
ISBN
9780801482823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.07

Paperback. As a new way to conceptualize the history of computing, this book will be of great interest to historians of science, technology, and culture, as well as computer scientists and theorists. Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 456 pages, 82, 46 black & white halftones, 36 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880575
ISBN
9780801880575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.91

Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810111691
ISBN
9780810111691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.74

Hardback. The story of cuisine and the social history of eating is a fascinating one, and Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat covers all its aspects in this classic history. Num Pages: 776 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405181198
ISBN
9781405181198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.35

Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Num Pages: 816 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337761
ISBN
9780393337761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. This book should appeal to all aficionados of the romance of the sea as well as to specialists in Spanish and Latin American colonial history."-Benjamin Keen, author of A History of Latin America Translator(s): Phillips, Carla Rahn. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32, 20 black & white halftones, 12 colour plates. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881831
ISBN
9780801881831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.60

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656332
ISBN
9780816656332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. This Handbook shows that Business History is a wide-ranging and dynamic area of study, producing compelling empirical data, which has sometimes confirmed and sometimes contested widely-held views in management and the social sciences. A key reference work for scholars of Business History, and a fascinating resource for social scientists in general. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management C. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; KJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199573950
ISBN
9780199573950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299248048
ISBN
9780299248048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.30

Paperback. A new paperback edition of the thought-provoking collection of images of Ireland's revolutionary period, with commentary Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781781172889
ISBN
9781781172889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.93

Paperback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280786
ISBN
9780520280786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Paperback. This book offers a fundamental review of the Palestine/Israel conflict. It rejects the two state solution, which it likens to Apartheid. Instead it shows there is a better future for a single state; one that is secular and bi-national and as a result economically successful. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Radical Read
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871204339
ISBN
9781871204339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. The Black Hole of Auschwitz brings together Levi's writings on the Holocaust and his experiences of the concentration camp, as well as those on his own accidental status as a writer and his chosen profession of chemist. Editor(s): Belpoliti, Marco. Translator(s): Wood, Sharon. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632414
ISBN
9780745632414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Kvideland, Reimund; Sehmsdorf, Henning K. Series: Nordic S. Num Pages: 451 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
451
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816619672
ISBN
9780816619672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Conteh-Morgan, John. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816643899
ISBN
9780816643899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Light in the Dark is the culmination of Gloria E. Anzaldua's mature thought and the most comprehensive presentation of her philosophy. Focusing on aesthetics, ontology, epistemology, and ethics, it contains several developments in her many important theoretical contributions. Editor(s): Keating, AnaLouise. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360094
ISBN
9780822360094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.91

Paperback. This compelling analysis of Aboriginal, legal, and anthropological concepts of fact and evidence argues for the inclusion of Aboriginal oral histories in Canadian courts, and pushes for a reconsideration of the Crown's approach to oral history. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820714
ISBN
9780774820714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Paperback. A portrait of the author's pioneer father that grew out of the hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box. This book contains the accounts of the hunts, of the fights with the cattlemen and the sheepmen, of the scarcity of women, when a man had to 'marry anything that got off the train,' of the droughts, storms, wind and isolation. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803293243
ISBN
9780803293243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.67

Paperback. The Rebecca Riots in west Wales began in the summer of 1839. They ceased as suddenly as they had started, and for three and a half years the countryside was undisturbed. Then, in the winter of 1842, they broke out again with greater violence. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708323960
ISBN
9780708323960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served to deny them their rightful legitimacy as subjects of investigation Editor(s): Pennell, C. R. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KJ; 1QSA; 1QSM; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 255 x 25. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814766781
ISBN
9780814766781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.01

Hardback. An outstanding collection, bringing together some of the leading historians of this period with some of the field's rising stars, which examines key issues in popular politics, the negotiation of power, strategies of legitimation, and the languages of politics. Editor(s): Braddick, Michael J.; Withington, Phil. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781783271719
ISBN
9781783271719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.27

Hardback. The prehistory of modern passport and identification technologies: the documents, seals, and stamps, that could document and transform their owner's identity. Translator(s): Kyburz, Mark; Peck, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781890951726
ISBN
9781890951726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of the Philippines Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789715502320
ISBN
9789715502320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Hardback. Editor(s): Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804773317
ISBN
9780804773317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.77

Paperback. A nontechnical introduction to architectural structure, history, and criticism. This book includes a discussion of the basic inspiration for architecture, an exploration of space, system, and material, and an examination of the language and history of architecture. It shows the nonspecialist how to read a design in plans, sections, and elevations. Num Pages: 144 pages, 53 illus. BIC Classification: AM; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216318
ISBN
9780812216318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Hardback. No Tea, No Shade brings together nineteen essays from the next generation of black queer studies scholars, activists, and community leaders who build on the foundational work of black queer studies, pushing the field in new and exciting directions. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; 5SL; HBTB; JFSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362227
ISBN
9780822362227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.17

Paperback. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479852819
ISBN
9781479852819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.83

Paperback. In this social history of gender roles, the author examines change in the spheres of men and women, in family life and in public activity before and during the Industrial Revolution. He re-examines the view that women had greater economic and political opportunities in pre-industrial England. Series: Themes in British Social History. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pearson Education UK
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780582103153
ISBN
9780582103153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.45

Paperback. Tells the tragic story of how slavery expanded in a new nation dedicated to the principle of equality among free men. This book reveals the enormous significance and consequences of its spread into the region that became the Deep South. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024168
ISBN
9780674024168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805083354
ISBN
9780805083354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.22

Hardback. Examines every aspect and phase of aid under appropriate headings. Includes an extensive bibliography subdivided into regional and subject areas and a dateline covering principal events in the development of aid strategies. Series: Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBC; GTF; HBG; HBLW3; HBT; JKSR; JPS; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810830400
ISBN
9780810830400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.18

Paperback. Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when a powerful narrative was born and Ireland was launched into a new world. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566639651
ISBN
9781566639651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 17 b/w ills. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780716532972
ISBN
9780716532972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. Translator(s): Hurley, R.; Stein, A. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 28 x 52 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299014
ISBN
9780942299014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062131
ISBN
9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. This title gives us a comprehensive history of American childhood. Num Pages: 464 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019980
ISBN
9780674019980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Paperback. Drawing on economic, social, political, and intellectual history from medieval Europe through contemporary America and Israel, this title examines the ways in which thinking about capitalism and thinking about the Jews have gone hand in hand in European thought, and why anticapitalism and anti-Semitism have frequently been linked. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153063
ISBN
9780691153063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.57

Paperback. Brings together the work of scholars whose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes the value in locating property law and rights within the broader political, economic, and intellectual contexts of those societies. Editor(s): McLaren, Mr. John; Buck, Mr. A. R.; Wright, Ms. Nancy E. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b/w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBT; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810739
ISBN
9780774810739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.14

Paperback. During the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples. They reaped the shame of reproaching themselves for unjust wars and faced a native insurgency that they could neither negotiate nor satisfactorily quell. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222722
ISBN
9780812222722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813575834
ISBN
9780813575834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Hardcover. "Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute." Num Pages: 120 pages, 51 colour & b/w photos, 9 illus & 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBTB; JFC; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 262 x 16. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136195
ISBN
9780890136195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.08

Paperback. Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. Tracing the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, Ken Worpole ranges from village churchyards to tightly packed cities of the dead, such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Pere Lachaise in Paris. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMG; AMV; HBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 193 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891617
ISBN
9781861891617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.21

Paperback. An examination of the events of 1913, the biggest labour dispute in Ireland's history. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 black & white halftones, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276. New
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
9781847173614
ISBN
9781847173614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. An entertaining romp through the history of London's brothels and the women who offered their services Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
First Thus
SKU
V9780750933070
ISBN
9780750933070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. A brief overview of French colonial society before the British conquest of 1759-60. The primary focus is on what is now called Quebec, but there are also chapters on Louisiana and the West, as well as on the Atlantic colonies of Acadia and Ile Royal. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JHM; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000335
ISBN
9780802078162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Covers the events of the 1916 rising on a day-by-day basis, starting on Easter Sunday - the date originally set for the start - and continuing through to the surrender the following Saturday. This book locates the rising in the Irish historical memory, contrasting its high ideals with the reality of the new state to which it helped give birth. Num Pages: 143 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180 129pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Gill and Macmillan Dublin
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
9780717144167
ISBN
9780717144167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

paperback. This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective. Editor(s): Biagini, Eugenio F.; Daly, Mary E. Num Pages: 490 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781107479401
ISBN
9781107479401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 37.47

Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins of public international law. It comprehensively analyses the modern history of international law from a global perspective, and examines the lives of those who were most responsible for shaping it. Editor(s): Fassbender, Bardo; Peters, Anne; Peter, Simone. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTS; LAZ; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198725220
ISBN
9780198725220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.36

Paperback. Gail Bederman investigates the connection between powerful manhood and racial dominance as it was debated, promoted and resisted during the decades around the turn of this century. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041391
ISBN
9780226041391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226204772
ISBN
9780226204772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.73

Paperback. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBT; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231131353
ISBN
9780231131353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.83

Hardcover. By the author of the bestselling Moneyball: in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393061239
ISBN
9780393061239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.81

Paperback. Based on the premise that people shape their ideas of what is permissible, define boundaries of right and wrong, and imagine sexual worlds through the discourses available, this book explores the Ottoman sexual thought and practices. It deals with the history of the Ottoman Empire, the history of sexuality and gender, and the Islamic Middle East. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 242 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDT; 3J; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245631
ISBN
9780520245631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.40

Paperback. This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School -- the most important and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century. Num Pages: 798 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JH; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
798
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745616216
ISBN
9780745616216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.69

Hardcover. Series: King Legacy (Hardcover). Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807000717
ISBN
9780807000717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.88

Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wayne State University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814325384
ISBN
9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.41

Hardback. The emotional and sensual, religious and erotic excitement of the whip, a crucial instrument of stimulation in devotional and sexual practices, as seen in religious, literary, and medical texts and images. Translator(s): Harman, Graham. Num Pages: 528 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
526
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951658
ISBN
9781890951658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.78

Hardcover. A smart, provocative account of the erotic current running just beneath the surface of a stuffy and stifling Victorian London. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages four-color and 5 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393068320
ISBN
9780393068320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92

Paperback. How a scientific outsider came up with a revolutionary theory of light and saved untold numbers of lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTM; TBX; TBY; TRLN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350890
ISBN
9780393350890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. The Apothecaries' Garden Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBT; PST; TVS; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750936385
ISBN
9780750936385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Hardcover. The most important work on seventeenth-century New England in a generation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406729
ISBN
9780871406729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Whiskey cocktails that go well beyond the Old-Fashioned Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 color photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; WBX; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581573251
ISBN
9781581573251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. The first book to tackle the controversial history of prostitution in modern Ireland. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 b/w illus. 2 maps 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
9780521709057
ISBN
9780521709057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.77

paperback. Joanne Hayes, at 24 years of age, concealed the birth and death of her baby in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1984. Subsequently she confessed to the murder, by stabbing, of another baby. All of the scientific evidence showed that she could not have had this second baby. The police nevertheless, insisted on charging her. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations, ports., maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPN; HBTB; JFF; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Attic Press
Condition
New
Edition
Revised edition
SKU
9781855942134
ISBN
9781855942134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

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