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Hardback. Not Fit to Stay reveals how officials used panic about public health concerns as a basis for excluding early twentieth-century South Asian immigrants from entering Canada and the United States. Num Pages: 584 pages, 8 images, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774832182
ISBN
9780774832182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.17

Paperback. The gripping true story of a life-long forger working for the French Resistance and clandestine organizations, told to his daughter. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BM; JFSR1; JKVG; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
DoppelHouse Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997003475
ISBN
9780997003475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.77

Hardback. In the first half of the 20th century, thousands of newcomers - Eastern European emigres, Mexican immigrants, and Southerners both black and white - flocked to Chicago. This title highlights approximately seventy-five paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculptures by such artists as Eldzier Cortor, Archibald Motley, and Morris Topchevsky. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 112 pages, 85 colour images + 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; ACXD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184532
ISBN
9780300184532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

CD-Audio. 1917 was a year of decisive events. Germany raised the stakes at sea, America eventually declared war; the Nivelle offensive almost destroyed the French army; and, following two revolutions in February and October, Russian forces collapsed. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 125. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785297540
ISBN
9781785297540
CD
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.63

hardcover. Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776912
ISBN
9780804776912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

Paperback. Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese colonialism in 1974, and the following year became independent Mozambique's first President. This biography presents the many different faces of the man Nelson Mandela called 'a true African revolutionary'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041942
ISBN
9781849041942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.23

Paperback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464. A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris. 352 pages, illustrations. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272729
ISBN
9780520272729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Uses photographs from British history that show us what life was like in the past Series: History Snapshots. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; YNH; YXZW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 133 x 209 x 3. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445105796
ISBN
9781445105796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Hardback. The story of one of the most costly battles in the history of warfare Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 4KHJ; 5AK; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 265 x 210. .
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445146904
ISBN
9781445146904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.78

paperback. Recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and mainstream consumerism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280069
ISBN
9780520280069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Portland Place is the diary of then-BBC Secretary Sarah Shaw for the year of 1971, a humorous and charming perspective of life at the BBC and for a woman at the time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; APT; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472124692
ISBN
9781472124692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Her insights will engage all those interested in America's historic and current battles with addiction. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886201
ISBN
9780801886201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. In the aftermath of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, the discovery of unmarked mass graves revealed Europe's worst atrocity since World War II: the genocide in the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica. This title provides an account of the genetic technology developed to identify the eight thousand Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys found in those graves. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255753
ISBN
9780520255753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to grow up amidst the daily struggles and horrors of this devastating war. Num Pages: 352 pages, (b/w illus throughout). BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007303571
ISBN
9780007303571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 180 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594633973
ISBN
9781594633973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAX; HRH; JFSL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474412124
ISBN
9781474412124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.52

paperback. Examines the representation of blackness on television at the height of the southern civil rights movement and again in the aftermath of the Reagan-Bush years. This book looks at how television's ideological projects with respect to race have supported or conflicted with the industry's incentive to maximize profits or consolidate power. Num Pages: 168 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD; JFSL3; JPVH1; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691016573
ISBN
9780691016573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.53

Paperback. Somekh, a noted student of modern Arabic culture, relates his life as a university professor and writer, taking the reader to Oxford, Princeton and Cairo, and introducing scholars and writers he befriended: S D Goitein, Mustafa Badawi and Haim Blanc, among others. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 170 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195021
ISBN
9781845195021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.20

Paperback. Editor(s): McCarthy, Ann; Zainuddin, Ailsa G. Thomson. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1MBF; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925495225
ISBN
9781925495225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.24

Hardcover. An investigation into the transformational and fateful era of 1867-1914 in Russian-American relations. The book explores the fluctuation of economic, diplomatic, social and cultural affairs, personal and professional conflicts, and the evolution of each country's perception of the other. Num Pages: 672 pages, 63 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607549
ISBN
9780700607549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.98

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