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Paperback. Jens Rydstrom explores the history of homosexuality and bestiality in Sweden to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in virtually all Western Societies. Based on diaries, medical records and court reports, this work reveals the changing notion of deviant behaviour. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 6 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; JFSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226732572
ISBN
9780226732572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486446011
ISBN
9780486446011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Hardcover. The Sino-Japanese war was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started in July 1937 and not getting much help from the outside world, the Chinese soon closed a treaty with the Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft. Everything was to change with Pearl Harbor, but the struggle continued until August 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555361
ISBN
9781781555361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. This book examines the transformation of the Sino-Japanese relationship since 1989. Num Pages: 498 pages, 15 tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761178
ISBN
9780804761178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349430703
ISBN
9781349430703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.04

Hardcover. This work is a reappraisal of Sir Anthony Eden's conduct of foreign relations during the Suez crisis of 1956. It details the confusion and failed attempts at negotiation that eventually culminated in the reluctant gamble. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333984512
ISBN
9780333984512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Paperback. Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism were as important as his economics. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; KCA; KCL; KCM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349363391
ISBN
9781349363391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. More than four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the legendary figures of history. His attacks on Spanish cities and ships transformed his private war into a struggle for survival between Protestant England and Catholic Spain. His exploits marked the emergence of England as a major maritime nation. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137626
ISBN
9781844137626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349000791
ISBN
9781349000791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Paperback. This volume explores the intrigue and negotiations between the Admiralty and domestic politicians and social reformers before World War I. It also explains how Britain's naval leaders responded to non-military, cultural challenges under the direction of Adimiral Sir John Fisher. Series: Studies in Maritime History. Num Pages: 428 pages, 12 halftones, 3 line art illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570034923
ISBN
9781570034923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1QMP; BGA; HBJQ; HBTP; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927051818
ISBN
9781927051818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.92

Hardcover. Through his writings, the leading East India Company servant, Sir John Malcolm helped to shape the historical thought of British empire-building in India. This book uses his works to examine the intellectual history of British expansion in South Asia, and shed light on the history of orientalism and indirect rule and the formation of British power. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108851
ISBN
9780230108851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardback. Sir Philip Gibbs was one of the most widely read English journalists of the first half of the twentieth century. This coverage of his writing offers a broad insight into British social and political developments, government and press relations, propaganda, and war reporting during the First World War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; DNJ; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137573001
ISBN
9781137573001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.48

Hardback. Sir Walter Ralegh created a public identity by means of the prose texts he wrote from prison. This study not only offers an analysis of these political writings, but also demonstrates the ways in which his readers modified Ralegh's public identity in a series of posthumous reinterpretations. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333660768
ISBN
9780333660768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

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

Hardcover. When US-led forces invaded Iraq in March 2003 Katherine M. Skiba went as an "embed". Her memoir provides a you-are-there account of her experiences with the Army's legendary 101st Airborne, the division celebrated for its heroism in World War II as the "Band of Brothers.". Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; BGB; HBJF1; HBLX; JWG; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613823
ISBN
9780700613823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.18

Paperback. The first dual biography of Katherine and Juana, based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of the sources. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826829
ISBN
9780753826829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Offers insight on the origins and evolution of women's activism in the United States by examining more than 200 exclusively female antislavery societies that persisted from the 1820s through the Civil War. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806198
ISBN
9780875806198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. In 1885 a genteel New England girl traveled to the western frontier to open a school on the Great Sioux Reservation. This book bears witness to a critical and tragic era in Lakota history and reveals the frequently contradictory attitudes of outsiders drawn to them. Editor(s): Graber, Kay. Num Pages: 183 pages, Illus, Map. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803267527
ISBN
9780803267527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. The remarkable true story of the Queen Alexandra frontline nurses in the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825679
ISBN
9780753825679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of new source material, Sisters in Arms gives a bracing account of how radical feminism was enacted by key German leftist organizations, such as the infamous Red Army Faction and June 2 Movement. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 204 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFK; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335341
ISBN
9781785335341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.56

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 294 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619180
ISBN
9780230619180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.54

Paperback. Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their individual stories were rarely heard. Only recently have historians begun to recognize the central role women played in the battle for racial equality. This book represents the coming age of African-American women's history and presents stories that point the way to future study. Editor(s): Collier-Thomas, Bettye; Franklin, V. P. Num Pages: 363 pages, Halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716038
ISBN
9780814716038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.36

Paperback. Tells the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth century - an early copy of the gospels which lay hidden in the Sinai desert. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HDDH; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546542
ISBN
9780099546542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

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