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Paperback. Originally published under the title: Servants: a downstairs view of twentieth-century Britain. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349801
ISBN
9780393349801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. An original, authoritative look at the social history of the 20th century, brilliantly retold through the eyes of the household servants. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408842706
ISBN
9781408842706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.37

paperback. Takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meeting dog-nappers and life-models along the way. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24pp b&w and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 200 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670920143
ISBN
9780670920143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION AND THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. The story of Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, daredevil - and Fascist. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007213962
ISBN
9780007213962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473844872
ISBN
9781473844872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. This is a collection of Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici's body of religious poems. Ranging from lyrics on the Nativity to dialogues between Christ and the sinner who kneels before him, the nine poems of praise included here are among the few such poems known to have been written by the woman. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 286 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; DC; HBJD; HR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808543
ISBN
9780226808543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.73

paperback. First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso. Translator(s): Dunhill, Anne; Panizza, Letizia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226505466
ISBN
9780226505466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. This is Operation Barbarossa as experienced by the soldiers of the 3rd Panzer Division and reported on the German homefront. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 50 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811712057
ISBN
9780811712057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Those who had known Charles Dickens as a child must have been astonished at his rise from being, in his own words, 'a little labouring hind' to becoming one of the most famous and adored men in the world. Series: NPG Companions. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
National Portrait Gallery Publications United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855145962
ISBN
9781855145962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752491882
ISBN
9780752491882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750955973
ISBN
9780750955973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. A survivor of the Holocaust and a distinguished scholar of Jewish history, Lucien Lazare presents a compelling defense of the Jewish resistance movement in France during World War II, arguing that rescue was a genuine and significant way of fighting back. Translator(s): Green, Jeffrey M. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780231101240
ISBN
9780231101240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.65

Hardback. Situating Tocqueville in the context of the crisis of authority in post revolutionary France, this title shows that Tocqueville was an ambivalent promoter of democracy, a man who tried to reconcile himself to the coming wave, but who was also nostalgic for the aristocratic world in which he was rooted. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGA; HBJD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Translation
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152042
ISBN
9780691152042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Hardback. A translation of "Jacqueries et revolution dans la Chine du XXe siecle" that focuses on 'spontaneous' rural unrest, uninfluenced by revolutionary intellectuals. It raises issues inspired by the perennial concerns of revolutionary leaders, such as peasant 'class consciousness' and China's modernization. Translator(s): Liddell, Philip. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035423
ISBN
9780674035423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.03

Paperback. Lucie Aubrac, of Catholic and peasant background, was teaching history in a Lyon girls' school and newly married to Raymond, a Jewish engineer, when World War II broke out and divided France. The couple, living in the Vichy zone, soon joined the Resistance movement in opposition to the Nazis and their collaborators. Translator(s): Bieber, Konrad; Wing, Betsy. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JKSW1; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
241
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259232
ISBN
9780803259232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Hardcover. This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day. * Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe. * Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century. Translator(s): Jones, Simon. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405111317
ISBN
9781405111317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.44

Hardcover. Explores the dynamics between Orthodoxy and politics in Romania, providing an accessible narrative on church-state relations from the establishment of the state in 1859 to the rise of CeauAuescu in 1965. The book argues that Romanian national communism had an ally in a strong Church, and analyzes religious diplomacy with actors in the West. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW; HRAM2; HRCC8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230218017
ISBN
9780230218017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardcover. Muslim-Christian co-existence through public art Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 508. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253355232
ISBN
9780253355232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback. Muslim-Christian co-existence through public art Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; AMGD; HBJF; HBLW; HRAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222305
ISBN
9780253222305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. An incredible memoir of North Korea by a woman who defied the government to keep her family alive. Num Pages: 288 pages, ---. BIC Classification: 1FPK; BM; HBJF; JKVP; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 255 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393249224
ISBN
9780393249224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.66

Paperback. In this book leading Chinese experts review the life, career, and artistic development of the pioneering Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu, whose diverse works speak to China's past and present, the relationship between Asia and the West, and canonical Western art. Editor(s): Lee, Luchia Meihua; Silbergeld, Jerome. Num Pages: 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBS; AGB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1905.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360421
ISBN
9780822360421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 45.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995168
ISBN
9780295995168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardback. The Spanish Civil War was the training ground of the German military forces that struck across Europe in the Blitzkrieg of 1939-40. A detailed analysis of the German Army's vehicles, equipment, weapons and their tactical development. Num Pages: Highly illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473878839
ISBN
9781473878839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren was the most revolutionary and controversial Supreme Court in America. But in what sense? Challenging the reigning consensus that the Warren Court was protecting minorities, this text looks at the Supreme Court in a wide political environment. Num Pages: 600 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JP; LNAA; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 789.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006836
ISBN
9780674006836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.91

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