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Hardback. The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the world's most polarizing confrontations. Its current phase, Israel's "temporary" occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, turns a half century old in June 2017. This book shows what is the occupation, why has it lasted so long, and how has it transformed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293502
ISBN
9780520293502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. To many foreigners, Colombia is a nightmare of drugs and violence. Yet normal life goes on there, and, in Bogota, it's even possible to forget that war still ravages the countryside. This paradox of perceptions drew the author back to Bogota for a year's stay in 2005. This title presents a portrait of Bogota and covers many aspects of city life. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292722972
ISBN
9780292722972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752487397
ISBN
9780752487397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Hardback. Grim Almanac of Suffolk Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934985
ISBN
9780750934985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. Focuses on the Imperial mission to promote the unity of the Church, the State's involvement in intensely-debated doctrinal questions, and the calling by the Emperor of two major Church Councils at Ephesus, in 431 and 449. This work also includes material that illustrates the working of government and the involvement of State and the church. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 306 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253919
ISBN
9780520253919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725461
ISBN
9780674725461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.52
€ 56.63

Paperback. Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace ('Braveheart'). Edward was born to rule England, but believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages. This title presents the biography of this truly formidable king. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099481751
ISBN
9780099481751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. In this succinct history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relationships. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848879270
ISBN
9781848879270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Told with the full cooperation of many of the survivors, this is the story of WWII's greatest escape. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857886498
ISBN
9781857886498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Editor(s): Ugolini, Wendy (University of Edinburgh); Forsyth, David (National Museums Scotland). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402736
ISBN
9781474402736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.57
€ 102.83

Paperback. Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This book tells the story of their lives and, in so doing, offers a new history of twentieth-century Germany, as experienced and made by ordinary human beings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300192452
ISBN
9780300192452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Schonhorn, Manuel. Series: Dover Maritime. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 41. Weight in Grams: 932.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486404882
ISBN
9780486404882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258563
ISBN
9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.70

Hardcover. Intimate insights into the life of a woman in 1930s London, both private and public. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Patricia; Malcolmson, Robert. Series: London Record Society. Num Pages: 231 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
London Record Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900952555
ISBN
9780900952555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 64.86

Paperback. With all the emotional power of The Kite Runner, this is the very first true life account of growing up in Afghanistan, by a writer who still lives in Kabul. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BGA; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447221753
ISBN
9781447221753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zig-Zag'. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 b/w plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007395262
ISBN
9780007395262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A history examining the interactions between church authorities and Mexican parishioners-from the late-colonial era into the early-national period-shows how religious thought and practice shaped Mexico s popular politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 photos, 10 tables, 9 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346395
ISBN
9780822346395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Examines the grim reality of southern Africa's contemporary post-'liberation' plight, with up-to-date analysis of the ANC and social movements. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745334790
ISBN
9780745334790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.25

Paperback. Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as 'a finger in the wound'. This book explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in a study of the civil war and its aftermath. It investigates the notion of Quincentennial Guatemala, which has given focus to the overarching question of Mayan - and Guatemalan - identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520212855
ISBN
9780520212855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.14

Paperback. A statistical study of lynching in ten southern states which shows that economic and status concerns were at the heart of that violent practice. This book tests explanations of the causes of lynching, using US Census and historical voting data and a newly constructed inventory of southern lynch victims. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064135
ISBN
9780252064135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardcover. Drawing on an array of artworks and chroniclers' accounts, to reassess the medieval visual culture in which banquets were staged, this book shows the ways of appreciating artistic skill and attending to their own processes of perception, thereby forging a court culture that delighted in the exercise of fine aesthetic judgment. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 colour plates, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AS; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226242200
ISBN
9780226242200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.84
€ 48.72

hardcover. Editor(s): Winden, Bob van der. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill.(some col.).6M. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 124 x 14. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WorldView Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872142326
ISBN
9781872142326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456534
ISBN
9780801456534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Hardback. In this volume, Heather Munro Prescott shows how the mid-20th-century emergence of adolescent medicine resulted from a combination of social changes that reached far beyond the field of medicine - changes that placed teenagers themselves at the centre of the national agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1; JFSP2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674214613
ISBN
9780674214613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.91
€ 69.96

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