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Paperback. Challenges the understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique - a naturally rich country - into one of the world's poorest nations. This book combines frontline reporting, personal narrative, political analysis, and scholarship to present a picture of a Mozambique harrowed by local conflicts - ethnic, religious, political and personal. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 325 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082663
ISBN
9780520082663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

paperback. Largely as a result of the country's expanding economy, Ireland has been transformed from one of the poorest to one of the richest countries in the European Union. This is a guide to understanding how Ireland and the Irish people have changed over the years. It also examines the nature of Irish character and the fusion of tradition and change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780268028862
ISBN
9780268028862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.51

Paperback. Examines the dramatic period of revolution and counter-revolution, from the end of the Napoleonic rule and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815 to the proclamation of the Second Republic and the rise of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Num Pages: 96 pages, notes, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631145158
ISBN
9780631145158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Hardback. The Belgian town of Ypres is now synonymous with the tragedy of the First World War. The First and Second Battles of Ypres saw some of the bloodiest fighting during the early days of the war, as well as the first use of poison gas by the Germans. If you want to understand what happened and why - read Battle Story. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752461960
ISBN
9780752461960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450777
ISBN
9781625450777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of US presidents has rested on these words: "Presidential power is the power to persuade." Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot accomplish alone. This work argues otherwise. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691102702
ISBN
9780691102702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.46

paperback. Presents the environmental history of the early years of Oregon, a state that has been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, this book shows that the reality of Oregon's environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295979014
ISBN
9780295979014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. The third volume in the stunning four volume Brief History of Britain series. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845297152
ISBN
9781845297152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. On November 20, 1910, Mexicans initiated the world's first popular social revolution. This accessible and gripping account guides the reader through the intricacies of the revolution, focusing on the revolutionaries as a group and the implementation of social and political changes. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLC; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224476
ISBN
9780803224476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

paperback. Revised and Expanded with two new chapters on Hillary Clinton's career as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and presidential candidate. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Revised, Expanded
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362302
ISBN
9780822362302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. Editor(s): Wilson, Douglas L.; Davis, Rodney O. Series: The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039812
ISBN
9780252039812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the President of the University of Chicago in 1929 marked the beginning of a vibrant period for the university and for American higher education in general. This book presents a portrait of institutional life of university at that time, showing how life on campus revolved around President Hutchins. Num Pages: 204 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561714
ISBN
9780226561714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt himself. Num Pages: 688 pages, 17 b/w, 8 col plates (24pp), With index. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 526.
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007147205
ISBN
9780007147205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064005
ISBN
9780252064005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.83

Paperback. This work seeks to delve beneath the chaos and brutality of the Norse world to discover a complex interplay of ordering and disordering impulses. Num Pages: 420 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DNC; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
420
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226526805
ISBN
9780226526805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 184 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 16 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998350
ISBN
9780295998350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

hardcover. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 184 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 16 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998343
ISBN
9780295998343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardcover. Bestselling author and Editor of THE BOOK OF VIRTUES and conservative thinker William J. Bennett attacks the complacency with which we have accepted the corrupt and corrupting arguments offered in defense of the Clinton administration Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFM; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 700. Very good copy in good dustwrapper. DW has light wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0006867
ISBN
9780684813721
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Historian William J. Bouwsma here examines the conventional view of the European Renaissance as the root and foundation of modern culture, arguing instead that while it had a beginning and a climax, the Renaissance also had an ending. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097177
ISBN
9780300097177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 343 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. 343 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight: 520.
Publisher
Five Leaves
Number of pages
343
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907123859
ISBN
9780907123859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907123453
ISBN
9780907123453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.68

Paperback. Promises to redefine the study of blackface minstrelsy, charting new directions for future inquiries by scholars in American studies, popular culture, and musicology Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 472 pages, 56 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252066962
ISBN
9780252066962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130200
ISBN
9780691130200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children's health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today's battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JNB; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073043
ISBN
9780674073043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.78
€ 52.48

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