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Hardback. The true story of John Duval Gluck, Jr., who in 1913 founded the Santa Claus Association, which had the sole authority to answer Santa's mail in New York City. He made the myth of Santa a reality to poor children, until a crusading charity commissioner exposed Gluck as a fraud. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 58 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; 5HC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493008445
- ISBN
- 9781493008445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.62
€ 27.99
€ 21.62
Hardback. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JP; MBNH2; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780252040610
- ISBN
- 9780252040610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 halftones, 45 figures, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226514253
- ISBN
- 9780226514253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.26
€ 25.99
€ 21.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750955898
- ISBN
- 9780750955898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.55
€ 23.99
€ 20.55
Hardback. This invaluable comprehensive index provides a key to the Gompers volumes. Editor(s): Albert, Peter J.; Palladino, Grace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252037429
- ISBN
- 9780252037429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.14
€ 57.14
Paperback. Presents evidence that the saloon, played an important role in the working-class community life. Focusing on public drinking in Chicago and Boston, this book offers a discussion of the saloon, as a social institution and a locus of the struggle between middle-class notions of privacy and working-class uses of public space. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067815
- ISBN
- 9780252067815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
Hardcover. In 1995, remains of walls and mosaic floors dating to Hellenistic and Roman times were found, and on one of the walls there was a Greek inscription, known as "The Salmakis Inscription". An international symposium was held where scholars offered their views on the inscription. This book contains the contributions to that symposium. Num Pages: 237 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778388230
- ISBN
- 9788778388230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.35
€ 31.99
€ 23.35
Paperback. A real-life story of archaeological detection, leading to a unique prehistoric hoard Series: Tempus History & Archaeology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 col pls, 13 figs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- F First Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752414720
- ISBN
- 9780752414720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Ypres today is an international 'Town of Peace'. But in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which it is part, saw a 1500 day military campaign of mud and blood at the heart of the First World War that turned it into the devil's nursery. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b+w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124807
- ISBN
- 9781472124807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. In late 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, neighbours turned against neighbours and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft. This text examines what created an epidemic of accusations that resulted in the investigation of nearly 200 colonists and, for many, trial and incarceration. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700608591
- ISBN
- 9780700608591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.54
€ 35.54
Paperback. Presenting the events of Salem's witch hysteria in 1692 and 1693 in a chronological format, this authorative book makes use of previously unknown court records and documents. Num Pages: 752 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589791329
- ISBN
- 9781589791329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.08
€ 29.08
Hardcover. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Sudhir Hazareesingh vividly reconstructs the symbolic richness and political complexity of the Saint-Napoleon festivities in a work that opens up broader questions about the nature of the French state, unity and lines of fracture in society. Num Pages: 322 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013414
- ISBN
- 9780674013414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.26€ 80.64
€ 90.26
€ 80.64
The Saga of Leon Trotsky. His Clandestine Operations and His Assassina...
Mahoney, Harry Thayer; Mahoney, Marjorie Lock...
Hardback. This historical study focuses on Leon Trotsky's efforts to create a military intelligence operation of global significance and his subsequent efforts to recreate earlier success. It features material on Mexican sources and the players in the various assassination plots against him. Num Pages: 450 pages, graphs, maps, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KLCM; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572921245
- ISBN
- 9781572921245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.66
€ 124.66
Hardcover. For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674598553
- ISBN
- 9780674598553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.42
€ 53.99
€ 45.42
Hardcover. This study ranges across the 19th century to chronicle the evolution of the institutions, theology and social attitudes of Georgia Methodists. These are examined in the context of such phenomena as: slavery; class prejudice; republicanism; population growth; war; emancipation; and urban growth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC95; HRCM; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319636
- ISBN
- 9780820319636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.01
€ 71.01
paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485244
- ISBN
- 9780801485244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardcover. American higher education was transformed between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I. This work identifies the forces and explains the events that reformed the college curriculum during this era. It also examines how the study of science became detached from theological considerations. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015569
- ISBN
- 9780691015569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 68.15
€ 89.13
€ 68.15
Paperback. On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawanda militants that served with the Ugandan Army deserted their posts to form the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and invade Rwanda. Thus began the Rwandan Civil War, which was to culminate in the famous genocide of nearly one million of Tutsi and moderate Hutus, in 1994. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294567
- ISBN
- 9781910294567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
Paperback. Offering an up-to-date historical perspective which should enable readers to fathom how the brutal massacres of 800,000 Rwandese came to pass in 1994, this volume includes a new chapter that brings the analysis up to the end of 1996. Num Pages: 424 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850653721
- ISBN
- 9781850653721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. A study of the Russo-Japanese War. It explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho, and finally Mukden, the largest battle anywhere before World War I. It also demonstrates how Japan emerged from this conflict as a Great Power. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764467
- ISBN
- 9781841764467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Represents an exploration of the ancient roots and subsequent transformations of the Russians' cultural history. This book concentrates on seven hundred years up to Russia's 'Westernization' in the eighteenth century, and follows several important social, cultural and artistic themes through to modern times. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3H; 3J; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218494
- ISBN
- 9780631218494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.20
€ 47.20
Hardback. The Russians have undergone an historical development whose direction and destiny fascinates us. This book represents an exploration of the ancient roots and subsequent transformations of their cultural history. It helps readers understand controversial matters of ethnicity and historical identity for this influential, if often unstable, nation. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631188056
- ISBN
- 9780631188056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.14
€ 116.14
paperback. In 1950s America, flag waving, martial pomp, and staged ceremony were presented and perceived as America's last best defence against the communist threat. In this volume, Fried explores the often absurd lengths the average citizen in McCarthyite America went to to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780195134179
- ISBN
- 9780195134179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
Paperback. * A well--balanced collection of key articles on the Russian Revolution commonly used in courses. * Helpful introductions provide the context and framework for understanding the articles. * The first student--friendly collection to trace the development of historical writing on the Russian Revolution over the last half century. Editor(s): Miller, Martin A. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216391
- ISBN
- 9780631216391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57