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Paperback. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving from jungle camp to jungle camp and building the Burma Railway for the all-conquering Japanese. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 pp. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLL; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241965115
- ISBN
- 9780241965115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Documents Jewish life in the Middle East and North Africa over two hundred years. This book explains the changes that affected the communities under Islamic rule during its 'golden age' and describes the processes of modernization that enabled the Jews to play a pivotal role in their respective countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Simon, Reeva Spector; Laskier, Michael Menachem; Reguer, Sara. Num Pages: 432 pages, 36 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107976
- ISBN
- 9780231107976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Documents Jewish life in the Middle East and North Africa over two hundred years. This book explains the changes that affected the communities under Islamic rule during its 'golden age' and describes the processes of modernization that enabled the Jews to play a pivotal role in their respective countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Simon, Reeva Spector; Laskier, Michael Menachem; Reguer, Sara. Num Pages: 432 pages, 36 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107969
- ISBN
- 9780231107969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57€ 90.18
€ 118.57
€ 90.18
Paperback. Examines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; CFB; HBJH; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699940
- ISBN
- 9780748699940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.26
€ 38.99
€ 35.26
Num Pages: 160 pages, over 200 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300714
- ISBN
- 9780764300714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.59
€ 53.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. A Companion to American Immigration is an authoritative collection of original essays by leading scholars on the major topics and themes underlying American immigration history. Editor(s): Ueda, Reed. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 582 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338836
- ISBN
- 9781444338836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
Paperback. Covering the time span from the Paleolithic period to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, this title explores three thousand years of uninterrupted contact between Egypt and Western Asia across the Sinai land-bridge. It presents a narrative of the love-hate relationship between the people of ancient Israel/Palestine and Egypt. Num Pages: 512 pages, 36 halftones 10 figs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000862
- ISBN
- 9780691000862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 42.27
€ 53.36
€ 42.27
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752415628
- ISBN
- 9780752415628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Rebecca West's never-before-published 'Survivors in Mexico' brings to readers a work by a major 20thh-century author. An exhilarating exploration of Mexican history, religion, art and culture, it explores the inner lives of figures ranging from Corres and Montezuma to Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky. Editor(s): Schweizer, Bernard (Assistant Professor of English, Long Island University, Brooklyn). Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3H; 3JJ; HBJK; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven, CT
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300105216
- ISBN
- 9780300105216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.07
€ 20.99
€ 17.07
Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262492
- ISBN
- 9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282285
- ISBN
- 9780520282285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.25
€ 31.99
€ 23.25
Paperback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594. A San Francisco Atlas. 166 pages, illustrations. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight: 592.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262508
- ISBN
- 9780520262508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, this title carves a route through Ireland's history, literature and landscape. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Fully Updated New Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677085
- ISBN
- 9781844677085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.46
€ 16.99
€ 15.46
Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated, this work brings to life a highly treasured personal book and the story behind its creation, use, loss, and rediscovery. It also explores St Margaret's life, her learning, piety, and place in Scottish history. Series: Treasures from the Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 120 pages, 67 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGX; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243709
- ISBN
- 9781851243709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Hardback. Explores the modern recategorization of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities. This book looks at how politicians conceived of their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from popular sovereignty. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRA; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035997
- ISBN
- 9780674035997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.20
€ 54.99
€ 46.20
Hardcover. Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714-74), an artist and scientist, surmounted meager origins and limited formal education to become one of the most acclaimed anatomical sculptors of the Enlightenment. This title tells the story of her arresting life and times. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 colour plates, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AFKB; BGH; HBJD; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520810
- ISBN
- 9780226520810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.98€ 44.11
€ 50.98
€ 44.11
Hardback. Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment offers a comprehensive assessment of Benedict's engagement with Enlightenment art, science, spirituality, and culture. Editor(s): Messbarger, Rebecca; Johns, Christopher; Gavitt, Philip. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 560 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DST; HBJD; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637184
- ISBN
- 9781442637184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.23
€ 89.23
Paperback. Shows that Western suffrage came about as the result of the unsettled state of regional politics, the complex nature of Western race relations, broad alliances between suffragists and farmer-labor-progressive reformers, and sophisticated activism by Western women. This book highlights suffrage racism and elitism as major problems for the movement. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814757222
- ISBN
- 9780814757222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447396
- ISBN
- 9780801447396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
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
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59