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Paperback. Contains an examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. This book provides an analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs. Num Pages: 317 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HRLK; HRQX2; HRQX5; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
317
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845190798
ISBN
9781845190798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.16

Paperback. There are a great deal of memorials to the Holocaust that occurred during the World War II. This book examines Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel and America, exploring how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals and experiences. Num Pages: 416 pages, 121 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 1KBB; GM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059915
ISBN
9780300059915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Paperback. How should Germany commemorate the mass murder of Jews once committed in its name? James E. Young - the only foreigner and Jew to serve on the German commission to select a design for a national Holocaust memorial - tells the inside story of this controversial project. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 colour plates, 56 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACX; AG; AMGD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094138
ISBN
9780300094138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. Presents a critical model for students of Holocaust literature and historiography. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780253206138
ISBN
9780253206138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.17

Hardback. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba's assassination trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people--black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American--bear responsibility for this crime. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725270
ISBN
9780674725270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.02

Paperback. An account of the political history of Bourbon France under the influence of Richelieu which discusses the rise of the Empire and its fall from grace under the reign of Louis XVI. Series: History of France S. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211969
ISBN
9780631211969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.65

Paperback. From autobiographical writings, this book reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. It expands the historical contexts of these accounts and, in the process, brings to life the customs, perceptions and character of an age on the threshold of modernity. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 418 pages, 26 halftones, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226473246
ISBN
9780226473246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Hardback. An account of the early modern period in France, when relative social and economic stability provided a backdrop for the splendours of France's great Renaissance Prince, Francis I, and then for the tensions and bloodshed of later 16th-century France. Series: History of France S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631170273
ISBN
9780631170273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.20

paperback. Presents an account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, this book shows the lives of a cast of village characters. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140137002
ISBN
9780140137002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204300
ISBN
9780872204300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. A work on Irish labour history, providing an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. Presenting a challenging overview of labour's past, it addresses industrial relations and political issues of contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544. A new edition of Emmet O'Connor's classic and pioneering work on Irish Labour history, providing an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. O'Connor addresses industrial relations and political issues of contemporary relevance.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359560
ISBN
9781906359560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.00
€ 22.35

Hardcover. This is the biography of 'Big Jim' Larkin. Through the research of Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - Labour leader and agitator - is thoroughly evaluated. Based on police records, FBI files, and archives of the Communist International in Moscow, O'Connor explores the hidden side of a very private person who kept his ambition behind a veil of silence. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 labour history images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 39. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781906359935
ISBN
9781906359935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.59

Paperback. Emmet O'Connor uses archival sources, including declassified Soviet Union and FBI files, to cast light on Jim Larkin and his relations with international communism. He aims to uncover the motivation behind Larkin's public persona. Series: Radical Irish Lives. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216. Biography..James Larkin. 148pp. Radical Irish Lives Series
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
9781859183397
ISBN
9781859183397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. A book based on eyewitness accounts of the American Civil War by 120 children between the ages of four and 16. Their diaries, letters and reminiscences are a testimony to their resilience in the face of great adversity and their capacity to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813328232
ISBN
9780813328232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.62

Hardback. More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the "Guardian of the Western Gate," the detention center on Angel Island in California that was designed to keep Chinese immigrants out of the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w photos, chronology, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972963
ISBN
9781597972963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. Upper Rhondda Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752410166
ISBN
9780752410166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708319475
ISBN
9780708319475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.67

Paperback. The Great Irish Famine tells of the last great famine in European history. First-hand accounts and writings by four contemporary real people are used to give a complete and personal picture of the historic tragedy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780717160105
ISBN
9780717160105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Violent movements opposing existing political orders erupted throughout nineteenth-century Europe, but nowhere was this revolutionary impulse made more dramatically visible than in Russia. This title presents English translations of the memoirs of five Russia's female revolutionaries. Editor(s): Engel, Barbara Alpern; Rosenthal, Clifford N. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BM; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
2, reprint with new introduction and bibliography
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806907
ISBN
9780875806907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612942
ISBN
9780691612942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.80
€ 59.92

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691625164
ISBN
9780691625164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.32

Hardcover. Throughout history Jerusalem and its Holy Places have witnessed fierce religious controversy and political dispute. This study analyses an international and diplomatic perspective which highlights the state/national (territorial) versus global/transnational approach to Jerusalem with respect to possession and the right to worship. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193355
ISBN
9781845193355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.51

Paperback. Throughout history Jerusalem and its Holy Places have witnessed fierce religious controversy and political dispute. This study analyses an international and diplomatic perspective which highlights the state/national (territorial) versus global/transnational approach to Jerusalem with respect to possession and the right to worship. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194048
ISBN
9781845194048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.56

Hardcover. This is the personal story of a middle-class, Jewish, US educated Cuban who joins Che Guevara and Fidel Castro to become a leader in the dramatic and dangerous urban underground during the struggle and ultimate triumph of the revolution, from 1952-1959. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787961695
ISBN
9780787961695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.03

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