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Hardback. Everyone knows the great American Dream: that America is the land of free enterprise, offering men and women without inherited advantages the chance to get ahead through hard work and self-reliance. Yet The Great American Speech offers an alternative vision, one enshrined in the country's most memorable speeches. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235219
- ISBN
- 9781780235219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.93
€ 31.93
Paperback. 'The White Cities collects fifteen years of incomparable reportage.. What Roth sees is always arresting, often atrocious, usually absurd.. A "journalism" which is equal parts Baudelaire, Dickens and Kafka' Scotland on Sunday Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; DNJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086204
- ISBN
- 9781847086204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Features leading scholars across several disciplines who investigate the nature of liberalism and modernity in imperial Britain since the eighteenth century. This book shows how Britain's liberal version of modernity was the product of a peculiar set of historical circumstances that continues to haunt our neoliberal present. Editor(s): Gunn, Simon; Vernon, James. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289536
- ISBN
- 9780520289536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.71
€ 38.99
€ 28.71
Multiple-component retail product. Originally published: London: Cassell, 1956. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 81. Weight in Grams: 2026.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474216319
- ISBN
- 9781474216319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.20
€ 195.20
Paperback. An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408886366
- ISBN
- 9781408886366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.11
€ 21.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage. Num Pages: 464 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Penguin England
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140137217
- ISBN
- 9780140137217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.82
€ 19.99
€ 15.82
Paperback. In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homes. This book describes the consequences of that defeat. Num Pages: 496 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140296846
- ISBN
- 9780140296846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.35
€ 21.99
€ 17.35
Hardback. Besieged during the Franco-Prussian War, its buildings damaged, its finances mired in debt, Paris was a city in crisis. Alexia Yates chronicles the private actors and networks, practices and politics, that spurred the largest building boom of the nineteenth century, turning city-making into big business in the French capital. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088214
- ISBN
- 9780674088214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.36€ 54.47
€ 59.36
€ 54.47
Paperback. This comprehensive, readable survey of the Classical past is ambitious in scope: it ranges from the Aegean world of the second millenium BC to Augustine's City of God . More than that, it considers not only how the ancient world is remembered today but also how the Greeks and Romans perceived and felt the influence of their own past. Num Pages: 416 pages, b/w illus, col pls. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140274851
- ISBN
- 9780140274851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.72
€ 26.99
€ 18.72
Hardback. The strange, untold story of the Nazis and adventurers who fought for Ethiopia against Mussolini's invaders. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445659831
- ISBN
- 9781445659831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.40
€ 31.99
€ 28.40
Paperback. Tracing the background to the Treaty of Union of 1707, this book explains why it happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inauguration. It challenges dominant view that the Scots were 'bought and sold for English gold'. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748680276
- ISBN
- 9780748680276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.48
€ 36.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. In this second volume of his authoritative history of the region, Christoph Baumer explores the unique flow of goods, peoples and ideas along the dusty tracks and wandering caravan routes that brought European and Mediterranean orbits into contact with Asia. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FP; 3D; 3F; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2456.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780768328
- ISBN
- 9781780768328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.25€ 56.04
€ 58.25
€ 56.04
Paperback. A traveller's history of Istanbul from the ancient time to nowadays Turkey. An account of city's great buildings, delicious food and vibrant life. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the BookHaus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909961142
- ISBN
- 9781909961142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 5AQ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263197
- ISBN
- 9781904263197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.22
€ 9.22
Hardcover. First account of the man who influenced, recruited and manipulated the Cambridge spies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531669
- ISBN
- 9781784531669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.43€ 48.42
€ 52.43
€ 48.42
Paperback. Translator(s): David, Gwenda; Mosbacher, Eric. Num Pages: 424 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AVGC9; AVH; BGF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. .
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951313
- ISBN
- 9781890951313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.87
€ 33.99
€ 21.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 273 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226364162
- ISBN
- 9780226364162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.93
€ 41.99
€ 31.93
Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume examines the junctures of politics and performance in contemporary Northern Ireland. Four chapters are about live theatre and television performances, and the remaining five chapters describe the dramatic struggles played out in various social settings. Editor(s): Harrington, John P.; Mitchell, Elizabeth J. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; AN; HBJD1; HBTB; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354. 8vo.Standard paperback edition.
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University Massachusetts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KEX0296660
- ISBN
- 9781558491977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWF; JWK; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591141624
- ISBN
- 9781591141624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Hardcover. America's rise from revolutionary colonies to a world power is often treated as inevitable. But Charles N. Edel's provocative biography of John Q. Adams argues that he served as the central architect of a grand strategy whose ideas and policies made him a critical link between the founding generation and the Civil War-era nation of Lincoln. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368088
- ISBN
- 9780674368088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.30
€ 46.99
€ 39.30