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Paperback. Theorizes the experiences of women in wartime, and specifically of African women during Zimbabwe's anti-colonial struggle. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280. Women and Local Resistance in the Zimbabwean Liberation War. Series: African Issues. 210 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Theorizes the experiences of women in wartime, and specifically of African women during Zimbabwe's anti-colonial struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ1. Dimension: 216 x 171 x 13. Weight: 304.
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
210
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010407
ISBN
9781847010407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.51

Hardback. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 320 pages, 93 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 992.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887405808
ISBN
9780887405808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.10

Hardcover. Spanning four continents, this lucid introduction assesses this fascinating figure and his legacy amidst the political intrigue, colonial discovery, and military conquest that dominated the age. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 3JB; HBJH; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851686100
ISBN
9781851686100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.41

Paperback. Almost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the English Civil War. This title offers a narrative based on the first-hand accounts of those who witnessed these traumatic events. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718192013
ISBN
9780718192013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Hardcover. Presents the life of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), from his early years during the American Civil War, through his academic and political career and US' involvement in the First World War, to Wilson's role at Versailles, including the construction of his 14 Points, his principles for the reformation of Europe, and the consequences of Versailles. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791620
ISBN
9781905791620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Hardback. An examination into two of the most important activities undertaken by the Normans. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270255
ISBN
9781783270255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

Hardcover. The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. Australia was represented at Versailles by the Prime Minister, the colourful Billy Hughes. Hughes was also the most vociferous opponent of the racial equality clause put forward by Japan. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJM; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791903
ISBN
9781905791903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. 'The White Cities collects fifteen years of incomparable reportage.. What Roth sees is always arresting, often atrocious, usually absurd.. A "journalism" which is equal parts Baudelaire, Dickens and Kafka' Scotland on Sunday Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; DNJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086204
ISBN
9781847086204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. Features leading scholars across several disciplines who investigate the nature of liberalism and modernity in imperial Britain since the eighteenth century. This book shows how Britain's liberal version of modernity was the product of a peculiar set of historical circumstances that continues to haunt our neoliberal present. Editor(s): Gunn, Simon; Vernon, James. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289536
ISBN
9780520289536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408886366
ISBN
9781408886366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. Studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage. Num Pages: 464 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Penguin England
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140137217
ISBN
9780140137217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homes. This book describes the consequences of that defeat. Num Pages: 496 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296846
ISBN
9780140296846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Third edition of Charles Tripp's authoritative history of Iraq. Num Pages: 386 pages, 26 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 624. 386 pages, 26 b/w illus. 4 maps. Third edition of Charles Tripp's authoritative history of Iraq. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight: 624.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521702478
ISBN
9780521702478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. This comprehensive, readable survey of the Classical past is ambitious in scope: it ranges from the Aegean world of the second millenium BC to Augustine's City of God . More than that, it considers not only how the ancient world is remembered today but also how the Greeks and Romans perceived and felt the influence of their own past. Num Pages: 416 pages, b/w illus, col pls. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140274851
ISBN
9780140274851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.77

Hardback. The strange, untold story of the Nazis and adventurers who fought for Ethiopia against Mussolini's invaders. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445659831
ISBN
9781445659831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.89

paperback. Patrick Pearse founded an Irish language school for boys in 1908, to create Irish male citizens from the ancient models of masculinity. This book explores how the idea of a modern Irish boyhood was created through Christian iconography and mythology as well as a preoccupation with patriotism, Gaelic games, theatre and juvenile literature Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
CORK UNIV PR
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183953
ISBN
9781859183953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. Tracing the background to the Treaty of Union of 1707, this book explains why it happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inauguration. It challenges dominant view that the Scots were 'bought and sold for English gold'. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748680276
ISBN
9780748680276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.77

Hardback. In this second volume of his authoritative history of the region, Christoph Baumer explores the unique flow of goods, peoples and ideas along the dusty tracks and wandering caravan routes that brought European and Mediterranean orbits into contact with Asia. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FP; 3D; 3F; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2456.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780768328
ISBN
9781780768328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 56.21

Paperback. A traveller's history of Istanbul from the ancient time to nowadays Turkey. An account of city's great buildings, delicious food and vibrant life. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the BookHaus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909961142
ISBN
9781909961142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 5AQ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Wooden Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263197
ISBN
9781904263197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.24

Hardcover. First account of the man who influenced, recruited and manipulated the Cambridge spies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531669
ISBN
9781784531669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 48.58

Paperback. Translator(s): David, Gwenda; Mosbacher, Eric. Num Pages: 424 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AVGC9; AVH; BGF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. .
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951313
ISBN
9781890951313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 273 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226364162
ISBN
9780226364162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume examines the junctures of politics and performance in contemporary Northern Ireland. Four chapters are about live theatre and television performances, and the remaining five chapters describe the dramatic struggles played out in various social settings. Editor(s): Harrington, John P.; Mitchell, Elizabeth J. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; AN; HBJD1; HBTB; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354. 8vo.Standard paperback edition.

. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Massachusetts Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0296660
ISBN
9781558491977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

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