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Paperback. At the end of September 1894 a charlady stole an undated and unsigned letter from the wastepaper bin of the German military attache in Paris. Torn to pieces but stuck back together by French intelligence, this document contained French military secrets. This title discusses a moment in French history. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014777
ISBN
9780141014777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Archaeology - along with Native American traditions and memories - holds a key to understanding early chapters of the human story in Washington. This book presents a sample of sites representing Washington's geographic regions and touches on historical archaeology, including excavations at fur-trade forts and the Whitman mission. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; GTB; HBJK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 12. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986968
ISBN
9780295986968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Series: Psychoanalysis and Social Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441301
ISBN
9780801441301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473142
ISBN
9780801473142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Hardcover. On August 4, 1578, in an ill-conceived attempt to wrest Morocco back from the hands of the infidel Moors, King Sebastian of Portugal led his troops to slaughter and was himself slain. Sixteen years later, King Sebastian rose again. The author recalls this conspiracy, marked both by scheming and absurdity, and the legal inquest that followed. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour plates, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226501086
ISBN
9780226501086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.69

Paperback. Series: Tempus Oral History Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752416441
ISBN
9780752416441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. A "Common Woman" in medieval England was a prostitute, distinguished as such less for taking money for sex than for belonging to all men in common. Karras's book tells the story of these women, their experiences, relations, and treatment under the law, and concludes that prostitution was central to the medieval understanding of feminity. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195124989
ISBN
9780195124989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.17

Paperback. Series: Literature of American Labor. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FHP; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
ILR Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875461830
ISBN
9780875461830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones; 9 line art; 37 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
396
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056022
ISBN
9780674056022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, x, 398 p., 53 illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 118 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226841656
ISBN
9780226841656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. One woman's daily record of life in Guernsey during the German occupation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 42 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445603131
ISBN
9781445603131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.01

Paperback. This text reinterprets the roots of 20th-century American labour law and politics, claiming that Republicans developed the fundamental principles, not New Deal Democrats. It demonstrates the establishment of procedural rights of workers in Republican-formulated labour legislation of the 1920s. Num Pages: 336 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPQB; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227637
ISBN
9780807847374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, this title reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 420 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283824
ISBN
9780520283824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardcover. Through this series of essays, readers will have the opportunity to explore some of the political and ethical issues involved in this emerging field of Canadian 'citizenship through history' as they learn about public memory and broadly defined history education in Canada. Editor(s): Sandwell, Ruth. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038913
ISBN
9780802038913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.30

Paperback. John Aubrey's life's work was to commit to posterity the England he loved. His Brief Lives would redefine the art of biography and capture the personalities and spirit of the seventieth century like no other work. This is his biography. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGHA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099490630
ISBN
9780099490630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

paperback. Robespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent thousands ahead of him. Robespierre and the Revolution were inseparable: a single inflexible tyrant. But what turned a shy young lawyer into the living embodiment of the Terror at its most violent? Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458982
ISBN
9780099458982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Herndon, Ruth Wallis; Murray, John E. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801475597
ISBN
9780801475597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Hardback. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond - three cities with large African American populations and thriving baseball clubs, this book uncovers the origins of baseball's segregation and the mechanics of its implementation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235212
ISBN
9780803235212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book focuses on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284609
ISBN
9780520284609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048550
ISBN
9780691048550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 79.73

Paperback. Presents an appraisal of the technical aspects and operations of the warships of the Ottoman Navy in World War I. Packed with technical specifications, revealing illustrations and exhaustive research, this book deals with the Aegean arms race. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472806192
ISBN
9781472806192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Drawing on technical illustrations and exhaustive research, this book tells the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472809506
ISBN
9781472809506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472814708
ISBN
9781472814708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Austria-Hungary did not have an overseas empire. The 1890s saw the beginning of a series of naval building programs that would create a well-balanced modern fleet. This book details the five classes of Austro-Hungarian battleships in service during World War I. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVH; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 76 x 3. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086882
ISBN
9781849086882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

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