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Paperback. Amid the catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination. The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction provides a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and an international scale. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803771
ISBN
9780192803771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. UPDATED EDITION A rousing and full-blooded account of the Spanish Civil War and the rise to prominence of General Franco. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b/w plates (24pp). BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007232079
ISBN
9780007232079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.39

Paperback. The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464395
ISBN
9781349464395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.29

Hardcover. The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137339201
ISBN
9781137339201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.99

Paperback. Presents the story of Spain's three-hundred-year tenure on the continent. From the first Spanish-Indian contact through Spain's gradual retreat, this title offers an assessment of the impact of each civilization upon the other. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Brief
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300140682
ISBN
9780300140682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.48

Hardback. * A reassessment of the history of the Spanish Inquisition. * Challenges the reputation of the Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression. * Looks at the wider role of the Inquisition as an educative force in society. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205999
ISBN
9780631205999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.51

Paperback. Challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression and looks at its wider role as an educative force in society. This book presents a reassessment of the history of the Spanish Inquisition. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206002
ISBN
9780631206002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.74

Paperback. A survey of the Spanish Inquisition, that sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences for Jewish culture, measures its impact on Spain's intellectual life, and rebuts the myths and exaggerations that have distorted understandings of the Inquisition. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180510
ISBN
9780300180510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.31

Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857990
ISBN
9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.53

Paperback. A magisterial new account of this passionately debated period in Spanish history, by one of the nation's leading experts. Num Pages: 372 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590. 370 pages, 4 maps. A magisterial new account of this passionately debated period in Spanish history, by one of the nation's leading experts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521737807
ISBN
9780521737807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.46

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849087933
ISBN
9781849087933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. In 1898, US public opinion turned against the Spanish for their repression of Cuba. Relations between the two governments resulted in the blowing up of the USS Maine in Havana harbour, which triggered a short war. This book highlights this crucial war that changed the future of American foreign policy during 'the age of American imperialism.' Illustrator(s): Walsh, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846031243
ISBN
9781846031243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.33

Hardback. An authoritative and refreshingly original consideration of the government and culture of ancient Sparta and her place in Greek history Series: Yale Library of Military History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 247 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219012
ISBN
9780300219012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. The definitive account of the extraordinary people of Sparta, from the world's leading expert. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447237204
ISBN
9781447237204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317388
ISBN
9780822317388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Hardcover. Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. This book explores how intimacy became a spectacle and how this paradox energized Victorian culture between 1835 and 1865. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691006680
ISBN
9780691006680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.30
€ 82.66

Paperback. Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005430
ISBN
9780226005430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.41

Hardcover. Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005416
ISBN
9780226005416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 77.43

Paperback. In this ethnography of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh War for Independence, Nayanika Mookherjee shows how the public celebration of the hundreds of thousands of rape victims-called "birangonas" by the state-works to homogenize and silence the experiences of these women. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359685
ISBN
9780822359685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Hardback. In this ethnography of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh War for Independence, Nayanika Mookherjee shows how the public celebration of the hundreds of thousands of rape victims-called "birangonas" by the state-works to homogenize and silence the experiences of these women. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359494
ISBN
9780822359494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1997
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349256013
ISBN
9781349256013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.47

Hardcover. A unique contribution to better understandings of ancient Greek writing and the various ways writers in antiquity used sleep to deal with major aspects of plot and character development. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784533519
ISBN
9781784533519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.03
€ 134.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620971260
ISBN
9781620971260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; AJC; HBJH; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Protea Boekhuis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
5th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781485303060
ISBN
9781485303060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.24

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