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Paperback. Did you ever need to spell "dogie" or need to know what a "sakey" is? This book can tell you how to spell, pronounce, and define over 5,000 terms relative to the American West. It is compiled of words brought into English from Native Americans, emigrants, Mormons, Hispanics, migrant workers, loggers, and fur trappers. Num Pages: 456 pages, 51 b&w photos, 3 maps, bib. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2ABM; CB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Expanded, Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653730
- ISBN
- 9780875653730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.91
€ 21.91
Paperback. Whether any advantage or benefit will be drawn from the suspension or effective abolition of the rank of Field Marshal is debatable. What is certain, however, is that Dr. Tony Heathcotes idea of compiling a definitive biographical dictionary of holders of this illustrious rank since its introduction by George II in 1736, is opportune and inspired. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBCB; HBJD1; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848848818
- ISBN
- 9781848848818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography
. Ed(S): Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Henry Lo...
Hardback. Editor(s): Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 3000 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCB; HBJK; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 401 x 275 x 135. Weight in Grams: 1591.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 3000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199935796
- ISBN
- 9780199935796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,610.46
€ 1,610.46
Paperback. * The first compact Dictionary of American History for over 50 years*3000 concise entries on political, economic, cultural and legal events and people* Full coverage of Americaa s ethnic and religious diversity. . Editor(s): Purvis, Thomas. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180999
- ISBN
- 9781577180999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile with brutal military dictatorships in the Cold War period. Based on the strong and recent currents of historiography emerging from these countries, it offers a compelling narrative that brings popular perspectives to bear on national histories. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190558
- ISBN
- 9781405190558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.69
€ 40.69
Hardcover. An investigation into the politics of consumerism in East Germany during the years between the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Dictatorship and Demand shows how the issue of consumption constituted a crucial battleground in the larger Cold War struggle. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016989
- ISBN
- 9780674016989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.68€ 64.46
€ 71.68
€ 64.46
Hardback. In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. This book brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists to offer a radical new understanding of the emergence and persistence of the modern Mexican state. Editor(s): Gillingham, Paul; Smith, Benjamin T. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 6 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356318
- ISBN
- 9780822356318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.61
€ 135.61
Paperback. Cork. Traces how rural society and farming evolved, and surveys the world of landowners and of the marginalized, of wealthy merchants and the teeming masses of the towns. This study sets the more familiar landmarks of the nineteenth century - agrarian conflict, structural poverty, and the collapse of food supply - in a complex historical framework. Num Pages: 760 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184035
- ISBN
- 9781859184035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Those who had known Charles Dickens as a child must have been astonished at his rise from being, in his own words, 'a little labouring hind' to becoming one of the most famous and adored men in the world. Series: NPG Companions. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- National Portrait Gallery Publications United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855145962
- ISBN
- 9781855145962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.37
€ 9.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371. Clean copy of an ex lbrary book with neat label on spine and uaual stamps
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KEX0226553
- ISBN
- 9781565848405
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016064
- ISBN
- 9780674016064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.74€ 53.65
€ 58.74
€ 53.65
Hardback. In Diaspora and Trust Adrian H. Hearn proposes a new paradigm for economic development in Mexico and Cuba that is predicated on the development of trust among the state, society, and each nation's resident Chinese diaspora communities, lest they get left behind in the twenty-first century economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360575
- ISBN
- 9780822360575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. In Diaspora and Trust Adrian H. Hearn proposes a new paradigm for economic development in Mexico and Cuba that is predicated on the development of trust among the state, society, and each nation's resident Chinese diaspora communities, lest they get left behind in the twenty-first century economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360735
- ISBN
- 9780822360735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844150229
- ISBN
- 9781844150229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.57
€ 40.99
€ 34.57
Paperback. Diary of the Dark Years is a sharply observed record of day-to-day life in occupied Paris, but far more: it is "a remarkable essay on courage and cowardice" (Wall Street Journal), expressing both shame at French collaboration with the Nazis and the stubborn resistance of an intellectual under great pressure. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190495848
- ISBN
- 9780190495848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.97
€ 23.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. The author and her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family and a German dentist. Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, she kept a diary. Editor(s): Pressler, Mirjam; Frank, Otto. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780241952443
- ISBN
- 9780241952443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.15
€ 15.15
Paperback. Aged thirteen when Anne Frank went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and feelings, movingly revealing how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with the daily threat of discovery and death, petty misunderstandings and the unbearable strain of living like prisoners. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952436
- ISBN
- 9780241952436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Many books have been written about the Second World War and the majority of them either concentrate on a particular battle, campaign or unit. Individual accounts are certainly in a minority and those from the lower ranks even more scarcer. Helion and Co Ltd are therefore pleased to announce the publication of Diary of A Red Devil in paperback. Editor(s): Clifton, Maggie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 71 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033200
- ISBN
- 9781906033200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.04
€ 26.99
€ 20.04
Hardback. Sergey Prokofiev, a compulsive diarist and gifted and idiosyncratic writer, possessed an incorrigibly sardonic curiosity about individuals and events. When he left Russia after the 1917 Revolution, his diaries were recovered from the family flat in.. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AVH; BGFA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 235 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801445408
- ISBN
- 9780801445408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.95
€ 104.95
Hardback. Culled from the six volumes of "The Diaries of George Washington" completed in 1979, this selection of entries reveals the lifelong preoccupations of the public and private man. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918563
- ISBN
- 9780813918563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.43
€ 87.43
Paperback. Aims to tell what really happened that tragic night when Princess Diana died. This work discloses why the Mercedes was taking the wrong route to Dodi's flat. It uncovers incriminating information about the owner of the infamous white Fiat Uno from French security sources. It reveals evidence surrounding the events of that fateful night. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 110 x 26. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099471349
- ISBN
- 9780099471349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.63
€ 20.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. An epic, sweeping history of the making of South Africa by the bestselling and acclaimed author of The State of Africa. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416526377
- ISBN
- 9781416526377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Hardcover. A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age. Brady's was a classic rags-to-riches story. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471391029
- ISBN
- 9780471391029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.14
€ 36.99
€ 29.14
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano (1426--1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist academy of Naples which Pontano led for several decades. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HPCB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674054912
- ISBN
- 9780674054912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.71
€ 40.99
€ 33.71