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Regional & national history
Paperback. This multi-award-winning book is one of the first to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 0. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774812900
- ISBN
- 9780774812900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.75
€ 36.99
€ 33.75
Paperback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350743
- ISBN
- 9780822350743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Hardback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350569
- ISBN
- 9780822350569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.27
€ 109.27
"100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth"--Front cover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; BGA; BGFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501124495
- ISBN
- 9781501124495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Historic postcards of the great Victorian hotels, the U.S. Naval Training Station, the Emlen Mansion, the sinking ship Atlantus and more. Imagery and text trace this wonderful town's story, from nostalgic, sepia-toned past through its renaissance as one of East Coast's most popular, and distinctive historic resort towns. Num Pages: 128 pages, 191 color & b/w postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; WCS; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326783
- ISBN
- 9780764326783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. An introduction to Indonesia s history, culture, and politics, which brings together more than 150 selections, including journalists articles, explorers chronicles, photographs, poetry, stories, cartoons, drawings, letters, and speeches. Editor(s): Hellwig, Tineke; Tagliacozzo, Eric. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 488 pages, 46 photos, 2 tables, 1 map, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344247
- ISBN
- 9780822344247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.85
€ 34.99
€ 33.85
By tracing the varied role of women as producers and distributors of welfare during the period 1780-1930 in both metropolitan and provincial contexts, this collection argues that philanthropy predated, shaped and co-existed with the formation of the "classical" welfare state. It highlights the bias of gender and class in social work. Editor(s): Jordansson, Birgitta; Vammen, Tinne. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778383396
- ISBN
- 9788778383396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.13
€ 31.99
€ 23.13
Hardcover. Includes text in English and Spanish. This work is the translation of Titu Cusi Yupangui's "Instrucion" - an account of the Conquest by the last indigenous ruler of the Inca empire. It features student-oriented annotation, facing-page Spanish, and an Introduction that sets this source in its cultural, historical, and literary contexts. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208292
- ISBN
- 9780872208292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.72€ 47.63
€ 60.72
€ 47.63
Paperback. Includes text in English and Spanish. This work is the translation of Titu Cusi Yupangui's "Instrucion" - an account of the Conquest by the last indigenous ruler of the Inca empire. It features student-oriented annotation, facing-page Spanish, and an Introduction that sets this source in its cultural, historical, and literary contexts. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208285
- ISBN
- 9780872208285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.19
€ 27.99
€ 21.19
Paperback. Through the use of color photographs, maps, and reproductions of original manuscripts, the author invites the reader to walk the streets of a city whose history mirrors the development of Christianity in Europe. He examines the history, culture, and spirituality of the Italian city of Siena, the City of the Virgin. Num Pages: 144 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316598
- ISBN
- 9781933316598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.89
€ 23.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. An account of survival is told by a Budapest lawyer who secured fake Christian identities for himself, his wife and his two children following the invasion of the Germans in March 1944. Translator(s): Tonkin, Humphrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951805
- ISBN
- 9781841951805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. Shoe Boots, a famed Cherokee warrior and successful farmer, and Doll, an African slave he acquired in the late 1790s. Over the next thirty years, Shoe Boots and Doll lived together as master and slave and also as lifelong partners who, with their children and grandchildren, experienced key events in American history. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 416 pages, 45 h/t, 1 line, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285637
- ISBN
- 9780520285637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.71
€ 30.99
€ 22.71
Hardcover. Editor(s): Tlusty, B.Ann. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848428
- ISBN
- 9781603848428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.55€ 41.64
€ 52.55
€ 41.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Tlusty, B.Ann. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848411
- ISBN
- 9781603848411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.83
€ 20.99
€ 16.83
Hardback. This work covers cultural change in a Chinese city following the Manchu conquest of 1644. Yangzhou, at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangzi river, is known as the site of human and physical devastation during the conquest and as a vibrant commercial centre during the 18th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744850
- ISBN
- 9780804744850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.96
€ 76.96
Hardback. Based on oral history interviews, photographs, letters, minutes, diaries, and journals of white and African-American Mennonites, this fascinating book further illuminates the role of race in modern American religion. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRA; HRCC9; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897009
- ISBN
- 9780801897009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.74€ 61.99
€ 67.74
€ 61.99
Hardback. Series: American Institutions and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501707452
- ISBN
- 9781501707452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.47
€ 40.47
Paperback. Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder, and Misuse of Power. 304 pages, illustrations. True Crime in the Civil War delves into the conflict's criminal history, profiling 16 cases of misdeeds committed by men and women on both sides of the fight. Very little has been written about the war behind the lines - a war carried out by merciless guerrillas, bloodthirsty mobs, murderous vigilantes, and sinister secret agents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811710190
- ISBN
- 9780811710190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.60
€ 21.99
€ 18.60
This is an important collection of essays focusing on pre-colonial trade and African-European interaction, looking at western Africa between Senegal and Sierra Leone. It spans the whole pre-colonial period between the first Portuguese voyages of discovery and the transition to legitimate commerce in the 19th century. Editor(s): Green, Toby. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 320 pages, c. 12 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3J; HBJ; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265208
- ISBN
- 9780197265208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.87
€ 151.87
Paperback. Covers the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This book examines the background to that great achievement, the mechanisms by which it was accomplished, and the character of life in the Nile valley during the first 500 years of Pharaonic rule. Num Pages: 440 pages, 11 maps and 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415260114
- ISBN
- 9780415260114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300101140
- ISBN
- 9780300101140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.79
€ 36.99
€ 26.79
Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040238
- ISBN
- 9780252040238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
Paperback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081699
- ISBN
- 9780252081699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Hardback. Provides an alternative history of environmental power and the making of the modern Saudi state. This title demonstrates how vital the exploitation of nature and the roles of science and global experts were to the consolidation of political authority in the desert. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBX; HBJF1; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049857
- ISBN
- 9780674049857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.32
€ 41.99
€ 39.32