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Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032016
- ISBN
- 9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; AN; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564. Farce and the Making of Absolutism in France. 280 pages, 42 halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; AN; HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801445606
- ISBN
- 9780801445606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.02
€ 93.02
Paperback. Tells the story of Johannesburg's MuseumAfrica, a South African history museum that embodies one of the most dynamic and fraught stories of colonialism and postcolonialism, its life spanning the eras before, during, and after apartheid. This title focuses on racism and its institutionalization in South Africa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; GM; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226030302
- ISBN
- 9780226030302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.59
€ 44.99
€ 34.59
Paperback. The untold story of the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I. Num Pages: 432 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660264
- ISBN
- 9781445660264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
Hardcover. The first proper biography of Jasper Tudor, the architect of a victory at Bosworth and thus the Tudor dynasty Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553909
- ISBN
- 9781781553909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.60
€ 26.99
€ 19.60
Hardback. Explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. This book argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119755
- ISBN
- 9780691119755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.73€ 68.64
€ 88.73
€ 68.64
Hardback. Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140056
- ISBN
- 9780691140056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.14
€ 53.24
€ 42.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jollies Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780995466005
- ISBN
- 9780995466005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.93
€ 14.99
€ 13.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226337746
- ISBN
- 9780226337746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.45
€ 41.99
€ 32.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJ; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 239 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pyramid Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780989901765
- ISBN
- 9780989901765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.57
€ 41.99
€ 27.57
Paperback. 'Unique.' Edward W. Said Leading Harvard scholar chronicles 20 years of conflict in Gaza. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745322346
- ISBN
- 9780745322346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.89
€ 40.99
€ 26.89
Hardback. This study of recruitment to the ministry of the Church of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries overturns many long-standing assumptions about the education and backgrounds of the clergy in late Hanoverian England and Wales. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC91; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271757
- ISBN
- 9781783271757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976985
- ISBN
- 9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
Paperback. The history of Algerian Jews has thus far been viewed from the perspective of communities on the northern coast, who became, to some extent, beneficiaries of colonialism. Drawing on materials from thirty archives across six countries, this book tells the story of colonial imposition on a desert community. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBA; HBJH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226123745
- ISBN
- 9780226123745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046542
- ISBN
- 9780674046542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. 'I hadn't been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn't even lunchtime yet ..' Num Pages: 352 pages, (1 x 8pp plate section). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0002248
- ISBN
- 9780007520077
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803291782
- ISBN
- 9780803291782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.11
€ 13.11
Paperback. Updated with new chapters on 1987-1997 and 1997-2010 In this highly-praised book, Sarah Boston recounts the story of women workers from the early nineteenth century to the present day: the struggles and strikes, successes and failures in their strenuous efforts to organise and win recognition from employers and male trade unionists. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFSJ1; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910448038
- ISBN
- 9781910448038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Elizabeth II has lived through Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nuclear threat and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. She has known 11 US Presidents including JFK and Ronald Reagan, and other world leaders like President Mandela and Pope John XXII. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919123
- ISBN
- 9780670919123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087686
- ISBN
- 9781844087686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Ur, one of the world's first cities, was highly important politically and economically around 2600 - 2500 BC when the Sumerian rulers of the city were buried in tombs filled with ornate, valuable objects and with evidence of elaborate rituals and human sacrifice. This is the story of discovery and significance of this splendid object. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAS; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714151137
- ISBN
- 9780714151137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.28
€ 9.28
Paperback. Examines the stages by which religious dissidents were persecuted by Tudor monarchs across the 16th century and the means by which these dissidents counteracted authorities. During each stage of persecution, many dissidents were able to elude capture and counter-interrogate their inquisitors. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC2; HRQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268042264
- ISBN
- 9780268042264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493023165
- ISBN
- 9781493023165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.38
€ 17.38
Paperback. This work looks at the massacre at the village of Oradour in 1944, and how the French State has preserved the entire ruins of the village, which is now a tourist destination. Through interviews and research, the history of a shattering event and its memorial afterlife are investigated. Num Pages: 317 pages, 25 black-and-white photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224834
- ISBN
- 9780520224834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65