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Hardback. Provides a key focus for the ongoing debate regarding Scotland's future. This book is drawn from research and exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality. It features debates on the possibilities of Scottish independence. Num Pages: 784 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
784
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718193201
ISBN
9780241394526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 252 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719075049
ISBN
9780719075049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.63

Hardback. Academics and students alike will enjoy this fascinating study of the invention of the professional chef, of how ordinary workers influenced emerging trends of scientific knowledge, culture-creation, and taste in eighteenth-century France. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402833
ISBN
9781421402833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.51
€ 57.47

Hardback. Editor(s): Hainsworth, Paul. Series: History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; JPFN; JPFQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474290982
ISBN
9781474290982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.37
€ 114.88

Paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition, Second Impression
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261485
ISBN
9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.46

Paperback. In 1903, Roger Casement, then a British consul, left his consular base on the Lower Congo River and made a journey through the regions of the Upper Congo to investigate at first hand reports of alleged atrocities. This edition brings together Casement's report, together with his diary of that year. Editor(s): O Siochain, Seamas (Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland). Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; 3JJC; BG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTZ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781900621991
ISBN
9781900621991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.27

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677656
ISBN
9781907677656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.50
€ 53.88

Paperback. The money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; A; HBJD; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059434
ISBN
9780300059434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.84

Hardcover. Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC TV series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition In the age of the hasty glance and the selfie, Simon Schama has built from the nation's portraits a collective picture of Britain, our past and our present. Num Pages: 632 pages, 100 full colour pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACX; AGHF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Viking
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670922291
ISBN
9780670922291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 62. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 261 x 39. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801484735
ISBN
9780801484735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the US. This book describes the aspects of electoral college crisis. It shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff, and how the Federalists threatened to place John Marshall in the presidential chair. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023956
ISBN
9780674023956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.41

Paperback. Examines the role of white women in perpetuating racism after the American Revolution. The author examines the lives and writings of three women of the period - Mercy Otis Warren, Abigall Smith Adams, and Judith Sargent Murray.This book sheds light on a previously unknown chapter in race and gender relations in the early American Republic. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780814797624
ISBN
9780814797624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195465
ISBN
9781845195465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.48

Paperback. James Fintan Lalor (1807-1849) was one of the most original thinkers of the Young Ireland movement, and one of the most frequently appropriated by later Irish activists. This edition offers a fresh transcription of Lalor's articles in their original newspaper form. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DNJ; HBJD1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359263
ISBN
9781906359263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.32

paperback. Frantz Schmidt is an executioner, torturer and, most unusually for his times, diarist. Following in his father's footsteps, Frantz entered the executioner's trade as an Apprentice. 394 executions and forty-five years later, he retired to focus his attentions on running the large medical practice that he had always viewed as his true vocation. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572664
ISBN
9780099572664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 34. Weight in Grams: 610. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
OTHER PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTJ0042717
ISBN
9781590515051
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.86

Paperback. Not only sustains a bold thesis about Americanization but also affords the reader one of the freshest and most comprehensive histories of the seventh century New England mind and society. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard Divinity School
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019591
ISBN
9780674019591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.25

Hardback. Beginning with an account of the religious culture of the late colonial era, this book surveys the religious groups in each colony. It describes the various forms of Deism that flourished in America, highlighting the influence this intellectual movement had on the founding generation. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195300925
ISBN
9780195300925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.86

Hardback. Series: History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSA; 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474291149
ISBN
9781474291149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.37
€ 114.88

Hardcover. In 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands Islands - ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century - would put an end to years of political wrangling. This title lists the casualties of both sides and the graves of all the British fallen - both on the islands and the United Kingdom. Editor(s): Ramsey, Gordon. Num Pages: 624 pages, over 1600 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 306 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2830. 624 pages, over 1600 colour and black and white illustrations. Editor(s): Ramsey, Gordon. In 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands Islands - ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century - would put an end to years of political wrangling. This title lists the casualties of both sides and the graves of all the British fallen - both on the islands and the United Kingdom. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBWS. Dimension: 302 x 219 x 47. Weight: 2832.
Publisher
After the Battle
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870067713
ISBN
9781870067713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.39
€ 53.47

Paperback. Tells the story behind the popular call for the establishment of the shari'a - the law of the traditional Islamic state - in the modern Muslim world. This book gives us the sweeping history of the traditional Islamic constitution - its noble beginnings, its downfall, and the renewed promise it could hold for Muslims and Westerners alike. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBJF1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New introduction by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156248
ISBN
9780691156248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3B; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Messianic ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304366422
ISBN
9780304366422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.70

Paperback. In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Stacey, Mark; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, 30 b/w; 20 col. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780962610
ISBN
9781780962610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. This new book by Julian Jackson, a leading historian of twentieth-century France, charts the breathtakingly rapid events that led to the defeat and surrender of one of the key Allied powers, setting in motion the traumatic years of the Occupation, the Vichy regime, and the rapid escalation of World War Two. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805508
ISBN
9780192805508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.51

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