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Paperback. Presents powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753519349
- ISBN
- 9780753519349
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
hardcover. Unique insight into pre-revolutionary Iran from a high-level insider Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 bw in 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784536329
- ISBN
- 9781784536329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.99€ 47.49
€ 62.99
€ 47.49
paperback. Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 was the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. He was just twenty-eight when he invaded Egypt and it was an episode which contained in embryo many seminal events in his later life. This work looks at his epic military victories and his declaration of himself as emperor. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBE; 3JH; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844139170
- ISBN
- 9781844139170
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
hardcover. How the new Iraqi political elite used the military and school system to create an Iraqi Arab identity from three multi-ethnic, multi-religious provinces of the former Ottoman Empire. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- revised edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132145
- ISBN
- 9780231132145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.87
€ 145.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360. Politics and Ideas. 312 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPFN. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 16. Weight: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152235
- ISBN
- 9780231152235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Paperback. This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 376 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ1; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415152419
- ISBN
- 9780415152419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.37
€ 68.37
paperback. Offers a perspective on J R R Tolkien's Medievalism. This book explores how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. Editor(s): Chance, Jane. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415473484
- ISBN
- 9780415473484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.90
€ 79.90
Segregation – Integration – Assimilation: Religious and Ethnic Gro...
Nagy, Balazs. Ed(S): Keene, Derek (London Sch...
paperback. Editor(s): Keene, Derek (London School of Economics and Political Science). Series: Historical Urban Studies. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138265776
- ISBN
- 9781138265776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
paperback. In 1936, anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. This work contains a tapestry of diary entries in the pivotal period of 1945 to 1948. Num Pages: 544 pages, 25. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091897338
- ISBN
- 9780091897338
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.98
€ 20.99
€ 15.98
paperback. The Great War not only destroyed the lives of over 20 million soldiers and civilians, it ushered in a century of huge political and social upheaval, led directly to the WW-II and altered for ever the mechanisms of governments. This book reveals a fresh pattern in the happenings of that fateful July and August, which leads in unexpected directions. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099430841
- ISBN
- 9780099430841
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.60
€ 18.99
€ 14.60
paperback. Includes grandparents and great-grandparents who sum up in their own words the vast changes that have overtaken China's people over a century. This book is also at once a journey by the author through time and place, and a memorial to those who have lived through war and civil war, persecution, invasion, revolution, famine, and, Westernization. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099501480
- ISBN
- 9780099501480
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
paperback. Using the lives of three of the author's ancestors as a prism, this book examines what memory and the selective plundering of history has made of the truth in Northern Ireland. It lays bare the harsh and murderous mythologies of Northern Ireland and gives us a revision of its history. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099552086
- ISBN
- 9780099552086
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
paperback. The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor. The book looks at how this happened, and explores the hidden relationships in his life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099732112
- ISBN
- 9780099732112
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
paperback. When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; DNF; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140247602
- ISBN
- 9780140247602
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. London's East End is a place that is at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. This title traces the East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, and jellied eels. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3J; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140259506
- ISBN
- 9780140259506
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.60
€ 18.99
€ 14.60
paperback. Celebrates Wales and things Welsh. This study it reflects the bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political condition of this small but extraordinary country. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16pp b&w photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140274844
- ISBN
- 9780140274844
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.98
€ 20.99
€ 15.98
paperback. It was the First World War and Britain was in trouble. Kaiser Wilhelm had put two warships on Lake Tanganika in Central Africa, giving him control of the region, and it was vital for Britain that those ships be destroyed. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141009841
- ISBN
- 9780141009841
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
paperback. The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese "economic miracle" failed to notice a key point - that in pursuit of this miracle, the Japanese had turned their country into a concrete shambles. This book describes the dazzling nature of Japanese culture and its ruination. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141010007
- ISBN
- 9780141010007
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.29
€ 20.99
€ 15.29
paperback. India is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpoints. This title brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141012117
- ISBN
- 9780141012117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Attempts to reframe our understanding of Napoleon. This book creates a different context for Napoleon's career. It sees the battles as almost side-effects, the consequences of rulers being willing to take the immense risks of fighting or supporting Napoleon - risks that could result in the extinction of entire countries and regimes. Num Pages: 656 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, col. ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 468 620pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Dublin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141014203
- ISBN
- 9780141014203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29