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In "Civilization and Its Discontents", Sigmund Freud claimed that Rome must be comprehended as 'not a human dwelling place but a mental entity', in which the palaces of the Caesars still stand alongside modern apartment buildings in layers of brick, mortar, and memory. This book accepts Freud's challenge. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300114713
ISBN
9780300114713
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Jet, a hard, black, shiny gen, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but during the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. This book traces the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HBTK; WCP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747807315
ISBN
9780747807315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

Paperback. White Boots and Miniskirts is a down to earth, honest perspective of a fast changing world, told with wry humour by a woman in search of love and success in the most exciting city on the planet.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; BGA; BM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0006708
ISBN
9781782190141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. White Boots and Miniskirts is a down to earth, honest perspective of a fast changing world, told with wry humour by a woman in search of love and success in the most exciting city on the planet.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; BGA; BM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTG0013991
ISBN
9781782190141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This volume gives a full account of the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20, when the Red Army was crushed by a devasting Polish attack. The author draws on documentary material and shows how this episode largely determined the course of European history for the next 20 years. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712606943
ISBN
9780712606943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, this book moves past stereotypes to explore the meaning of white resistance. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133867
ISBN
9780691133867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBN; HBJF; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578656
ISBN
9781877578656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.87

Paperback. * The sequel to NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, this completes Dominic Sandbrook's groundbreaking history of Britain in the 1960s Num Pages: 976 pages, Section: 24, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 49. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118208
ISBN
9780349118208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardcover. Editor(s): Eksterowitz, Anthony J.; Hastedt, Glenn Peter. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626186033
ISBN
9781626186033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 494.64
€ 334.43

Hardcover. Editor(s): Eksterowitz, Anthony J.; Hastedt, Glenn Peter. Num Pages: 641 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 257 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
641
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626186842
ISBN
9781626186842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 494.64
€ 334.43

Hardcover. Editor(s): Eksterowitz, Anthony J.; Hastedt, Glenn Peter. Num Pages: 541 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
541
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626186811
ISBN
9781626186811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 494.64
€ 334.43

Paperback. In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life-the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia-to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBJD1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360759
ISBN
9780822360759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

Hardback. In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life-the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia-to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBJD1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360599
ISBN
9780822360599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

paperback. From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 b/w, 24 col illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
SKU
9780006550969
ISBN
9780006550969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632864130
ISBN
9781632864130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632864123
ISBN
9781632864123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018434
ISBN
9780253018434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. .
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062648
ISBN
9780813062648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.82

Paperback. A selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034041
ISBN
9780226034041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. "A fascinating anthology of historical narratives composed from the late sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries by European women abducted by Muslim corsairs and enslaved in North Africa during the age of piracy. Many of the narratives are very rare and are by women coming from diverse social and economic backgrounds"-- Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBTB; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307487
ISBN
9781349307487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.72

Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221987
ISBN
9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.68
€ 136.94

paperback. This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HPQ; HRA; HRAB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537464
ISBN
9781349537464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.83

Hardback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621428
ISBN
9780230621428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621435
ISBN
9780230621435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

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