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Paperback. In contrast with scholarship on women and gender in the modern period, the author asserts that the rise of the absolute state, with its centralising and unifying tendencies, could actually increase women's economic, social, and legal opportunities and allow them to thrive in corporate organisations such as the guild. Num Pages: 528 pages, 21 photos, 7 graphs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326663
ISBN
9780822326663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Taking up personal narratives of slaves and slave owners, Tell This in My Memory offers a new window into the study of slavery in modern Middle Eastern. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HFG; 3JH; HBJF1; HBJH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804788649
ISBN
9780804788649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide to suffer no longer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take their own lives? In this study, the author seeks to uncover the experiences that drove people to suicide. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 tables 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731249
ISBN
9780804731249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. The events of the American Revolution signified by Lexington, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown are familiar to American readers. This title views the American Revolution from the standpoint of the British government and the British military leaders as they attempted to execute an overseas war of great complexity. Num Pages: 569 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
569
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803281929
ISBN
9780803281929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. The heresy of the Free Spirit was an important continental European heresy of the 14th century, and this volume examines the Free Spirit movement as it appeared in its own age, concluding that it represented a spectrum of belief that emphasized voluntary poverty and quietistic mysticism. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268010942
ISBN
9780268010942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Paperback. Takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in its composition, its actions, and the methods by which it was trained to perform acts of genocide on an industrial scale. This book introduces us to men who killed without hesitation or apparent remorse for years on end. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141000428
ISBN
9780141000428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

paperback. The life of Frederick Douglass is nothing less than the history of America in the 19th century from slavery to reconstruction. His influence was felt in the political sphere, major social movements, literary culture, and even international affairs. This is a collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a writer, and civil rights leader. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
9780143106814
ISBN
9780143106814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted British world. The devastating events of that Easter changed everything. This book focuses on these events. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141982472
ISBN
9780141982472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Offers a study of one of the most legendary American Presidents in history. This title offers Barack Obama the model for his presidency, showing how Abraham Lincoln saved America by appointing his fiercest rival to key cabinet positions. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141043722
ISBN
9780141043722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. A narrative of the critical years in modern Ireland's history. This book presents the never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141030043
ISBN
9780141030043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. This volume collects together Salam Pax's writings to tell the story of the war in Iraq from inside that besieged country. It provides a gripping perspective on the conflict and its aftermath. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; DNF; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0008816
ISBN
9781843542629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Aims to use the Mongolian question to illuminate much larger issues of twentieth-century Asian history: how war, revolution, and great-power rivalries induced or restrained the formation of nationhood and territoriality. This book focuses on the Mongolian question, which ran through Chinese politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 506 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754262
ISBN
9780804754262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.11

Paperback. The defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and vivid first-hand observation, this title is a work of wisdom and compassion from one of the great voices of our age. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241959206
ISBN
9780241959206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: ABC; ABK; ACK; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141977492
ISBN
9780141977492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.73

Paperback. Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, and who underwent degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141976952
ISBN
9780141976952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.36

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141975283
ISBN
9780141975283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141188041
ISBN
9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried collaborators. Ethnic cleansing, civil war, rape and murder were rife in the days, months and years after hostilities ended. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141034515
ISBN
9780141034515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032016
ISBN
9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Contains three stories from Sallust: "Catiline's War" - tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc; "The Jugurthine War" - describes Rome's fight in Africa against the king of the Numidians; and Histories" - depicts Rome after the death of the dictator Sulla. Editor(s): Woodman, A. J. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449488
ISBN
9780140449488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.25

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