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Hardcover. Provides a critical analysis of benevolence as it was inflected by regional ideals of race and gender, showing how a southern Jewish benevolent empire emerged in response to the combined pressures of post-Civil War devastation and the simultaneous influx of eastern European immigration. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479854530
ISBN
9781479854530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.72

Paperback. Freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons' guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English Freemasonry arrived in colonial America with a vast array of cultural baggage. This book shows how Freemasonry has contributed to a broader understanding of the multiple influences that have shaped religion in American culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287600
ISBN
9780520287600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. From Blenheim and Waterloo to 'Up Yours, Delors' and 'Hop Off You Frogs', the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry and suspicion. This book tells the complex story of the relationship, from the beginning of the great struggle for mastery during the reign of Louis XIV to the second Iraq War and the enlargement of the EU. Num Pages: 816 pages, app 60 integrated maps and illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951085
ISBN
9781845951085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.99

Hardback. After the worst thing in the world happens, then what? What is left to the survivors, the witnesses, those who tried to help? What can we do to prevent more atrocities from happening in the future, and to stop the ones that are happening right now? This work tells the story of the successes and failures of the modern human rights movement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674026230
ISBN
9780674026230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.36

Paperback. Bestselling biography of the enduringly fascinating Wallis Simpson Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Phoenix mass market p/bk
Condition
New
SKU
9780753827390
ISBN
9780753827390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.47

Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138015685
ISBN
9781138015685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 47.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752499741
ISBN
9780752499741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.21

Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215793
ISBN
9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardcover. Tells the story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism. This book provides the story of the role the Bergson group played in raising American public consciousness of Jewish and Zionist concerns. Translator(s): Ordan, Dena. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 292 pages, bibliography, glossary, index, 22 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630630
ISBN
9780815630630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.50

Num Pages: 176 pages, over 200 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887409127
ISBN
9780887409127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 32.57

Hardcover. Trent E. Maxey documents how religion came to be seen as the "greatest problem" by the architects of the modern Japanese state. Maxey shows that in Meiji Japan, religion designated a cognitive and social pluralism that resisted direct state control. It also provided the state with a means to contain, regulate, and neutralize that plurality. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJF; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491991
ISBN
9780674491991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.46

On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its eighty-six crewmen alive. Though some of the Flier's mysteries remain with the submarine beneath the sea, this title sheds light on the nature of underwater warfare and naval protocol. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124810
ISBN
9780813124810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.54

Paperback. Presents the social history of the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islam. This book covers the crucial formative period from the Abbasid Revolution of 750 to the Seljuq period of 1100. It draws on historical, legal and biographical material, recent genealogical works and a wide range of primary sources in both Arabic and Persian. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTG; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695843
ISBN
9780748695843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.55

Paperback. * A thoroughly researched full record of the first sustained bombing campaign in history. * Magnificently illustrated with contemporary photographs. * Of local and national interest. Num Pages: 191 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781592038
ISBN
9781781592038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.58

hardcover. This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781846318481
ISBN
9781846318481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 6.49

Hardcover. This study places official discourse regarding urban amusement into the context of broader cultural understandings Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090912
ISBN
9780719090912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, over 100 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642. 168 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight: 648.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764330995
ISBN
9780764330995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 155 pages, over 80 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 624. illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 20. Weight: 624.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331008
ISBN
9780764331008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.60

Hardcover. Translation and analysis of a rare Russian survey of the khanate of Shirvan, now Azerbaijan, after its annexation by Russia in 1820. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909724808
ISBN
9781909724808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.05
€ 113.33

Hardcover. The 1916 Irish Rebellion is the companion book to a three-part documentary series to be broadcast worldwide in 2016. Narrated by Liam Neeson, the documentary, entitled "1916 The Irish Rebellion," and its related seventy-minute version are initiatives of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Num Pages: 216 pages, highly illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781782051916
ISBN
9781782051916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442244610
ISBN
9781442244610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 141 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764327636
ISBN
9780764327636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.18

Hardback. In 1926/27 the Soviet Central Statistical Administration initiated several year-long expeditions to gather primary data on the whereabouts, economy, and living conditions of all rural peoples living in the Arctic and sub-Arctic at the end of the Russian civil war. Editor(s): Anderson, David G. Num Pages: 348 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JJG; HBJQ; HBLW; JHBD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457662
ISBN
9781845457662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.02

Hardcover. On March 31, 1929, seventy-seven men left New York City on an epic 3,554-mile footrace to Los Angeles nicknamed the Bunion Derby. For seventy-eight consecutive days, the men pushed their bodies and spirits to the breaking point as they chased a $25,000 first prize in what is arguably the greatest long distance footrace in history. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WSBX; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610366
ISBN
9780815610366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.44

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