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Hardback. On April 28, 2004, 60 Minutes II broadcast the now-infamous photos of prisoner abuse by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. The news quickly spread worldwide, undermining the U.S. presence in Iraq. Despite several Department of Defense investigations and eleven courts-martial convictions, important questions remain about the events at Abu Ghraib. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974417
- ISBN
- 9781597974417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 377 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137597397
- ISBN
- 9781137597397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.75
€ 134.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12, 5 black & white halftones, 3 colour tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801453984
- ISBN
- 9780801453984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.94
€ 79.94
Transregional and Transnational Families in Europe and Beyond: Experie...
Christopher H. Johnson (Ed.)
Hardback. This book, centered largely on the European experience of families scattered geographically, challenges the dominant narratives of modernization by offering a long-term perspective from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Paradoxically, transnational familiesA" are to be found long before the nation state was in place. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Sabean, D. W.; Teuscher, Simon; Trivellato, Francesca. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451835
- ISBN
- 9780857451835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.29
€ 167.29
Hardcover. Blood awakens associations with ancient ideas. But we know very little about the historical representations of blood in Western cultures. The contributors attempt to follow the use of blood in mapping family and kinship relations in European culture from the ancient world to the present. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Jussen, Bernhard; Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon. Num Pages: 372 pages, 6 ills, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610. Matter and Metaphor from Ancient Rome to the Present. 372 pages, 6 ills, 1 table. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Jussen, Bernhard; Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon. Blood awakens associations with ancient ideas. But we know very little about the historical representations of blood in Western cultures. The contributors attempt to follow the use of blood in mapping family and kinship relations in European culture from the ancient world to the present. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JHMC. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457493
- ISBN
- 9780857457493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.22
€ 167.22
Hardcover. This study ranges across the 19th century to chronicle the evolution of the institutions, theology and social attitudes of Georgia Methodists. These are examined in the context of such phenomena as: slavery; class prejudice; republicanism; population growth; war; emancipation; and urban growth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC95; HRCM; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319636
- ISBN
- 9780820319636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.01
€ 71.01
Volumes 40 and 41 together contain 375 charters and letters from bishops of Norwich in the thirteenth century. There is a substantial introduction to the bishops and the background to the documents and scholarly notes. The volumes complete the diocese of Norwich as part of the English Episcopal Acta project. Series: English Episcopal Acta. Num Pages: 194 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC7; HRCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265178
- ISBN
- 9780197265178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.68
€ 106.68
Paperback. An introductory history that takes Scotland through two world wars and subsequent social exhaustion, through the re energising adjustments loosely referred to as 'the sixties' to a final endgame of Union versus Independence. Series: New History of Scotland. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748682560
- ISBN
- 9780748682560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.56
€ 24.99
€ 21.56
Paperback. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853981
- ISBN
- 9780192853981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. The complete short history of Scotland - from the retreat of the ice-caps to the Independence Referendum of 2014 Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198714880
- ISBN
- 9780198714880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. An indictment of the architect of New Labour, Gordon Brown. It shows how Brown came to preside over a bankrupt country on the brink of economic and political breakdown. Taking us on a tour of Britain, it explores the ever-widening disparity between rich and poor, and how manufacturing was replaced by 'retail, entertainment and recreation'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844674398
- ISBN
- 9781844674398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. This text challenges the assumptions that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essence from the genius of Albert Einstein, and that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural or epistemological relativisms. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327334
- ISBN
- 9780226327334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327396
- ISBN
- 9780226327396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.53
€ 53.48
€ 45.53
paperback. Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this era. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140049459
- ISBN
- 9780140049459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Christopher Hibbert's acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 b/w, 16 col plates (32pp). BIC Classification: BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Pb
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006388432
- ISBN
- 9780006388432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. A guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate development. It includes approaches to analysis of the chick genome, gene knock-out studies using RNA interference, morpholinos, and other techniques. It focuses on providing practical guidance, highlighting potentials and pitfalls of key cell biological and embryological techniques. Num Pages: 400 pages, b&w illustrations, photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140070781
- ISBN
- 9780140070781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.40
€ 30.99
€ 20.40
Paperback. The perfect introduction to England's history for readers of all ages. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 15 tables, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714826523
- ISBN
- 9780714826523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Weaves political, social and art history of Florence into a lively whole. This book features photographs and illustrations and line drawings that describe various buildings and treasures of the city. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140166446
- ISBN
- 9780140166446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 20.72
€ 32.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody political scene was dominated by mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22pp b&w plates, maps, bibliography, genealogical tables, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140050905
- ISBN
- 9780140050905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. A vivid account of one of the greatest British military victories Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472136428
- ISBN
- 9781472136428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23