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Paperback. Explores the buttoned-up world of the British upper classes. This book includes stories, in which, an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life, the ordered home of a respectable country gent is rocked to its core, and 'Laura' expresses the hope of revenge via reincarnation. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 40. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871918
ISBN
9781784871918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Malcolm X at Oxford Union tells one of the great unknown stories from the Civil Rights era, capturing the powerful oratorical gifts of Malcolm X and the changing world of racial politics - all from the vantage point of an old debate hall on the campus of Oxford in 1964. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSL3; JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199975471
ISBN
9780199975471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.57

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583673409
ISBN
9781583673409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Captures in detail the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. This book presents a picture of daily life in the besieged city. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287501
ISBN
9780520287501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.42

Hardback. Offers eleven vignettes of Palestine's cultural life in the first half of the twentieth century. This book presents the memoirs, diaries, letters, and other writings of six Jerusalem intellectuals whose lives spanned the period of 1918-1948: a musician, a teacher, a former aristocrat, a doctor, a Bolshevik revolutionary, and a Jewish novelist. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520251298
ISBN
9780520251298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.94

Hardback. Captures the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. This title follows the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem. Num Pages: 214 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; BJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259553
ISBN
9780520259553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

hardcover. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 464 pages, 26, 25 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJPL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801448836
ISBN
9780801448836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. Offers a lively, detailed account of the beginnings of the Judson Dance Theater--a popular centre of dance experimentation in New York's Greenwich Village Num Pages: 288 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780822313991
ISBN
9780822313991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Acting as an important distribution centre for weapons and for troops, and as a location for military industries, led to Swansea being highlighted as a target for enemy attacks. This book is an account of Swansea's experiences during the Second World War, and a tribute to those in the town who kept Swansea's spirit alive. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750944649
ISBN
9780750944649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. Looks at the politics behind child care legislation. Identifying junctures at which child care bills were introduced and debated, this book examines the politics surrounding each of these events and identifies the political structures and negotiations that evolved. It also looks at how child care legislation became part of other issues. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112369
ISBN
9780231112369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.95
€ 98.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JJF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750952101
ISBN
9780750952101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? This title reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009322
ISBN
9780691009322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Suitable for scholars and students of American history, and for scientists and others who want to better understand modern science and science in America, this title offers the significant contributions to the study of the history of science, technology, and medicine during the twentieth century, all drawn from the pages of the journal Isis. Editor(s): Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory; Kaiser, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, 59 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 255 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925141
ISBN
9780226925141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

paperback. Looks at the politics behind child care legislation. Identifying junctures at which child care bills were introduced and debated, this book examines the politics surrounding each of these events and identifies the political structures and negotiations that evolved. It also looks at how child care legislation became part of other issues. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112376
ISBN
9780231112376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc, a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street, raising $38 million in its initial public stock offering. This title provides portraits of the people significant to Genentech's science and business, and focuses on how personality affects the growth of science. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPN; KNDH1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045511
ISBN
9780226045511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354581
ISBN
9780198354581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.59

Paperback. Retaining all the well-loved features, this book explores in depth the key political, economic, social and international changes which helped to mould Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. It focuses on key concepts such as government and opposition, class and cultural change, and covers events and developments with precision. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 198 x 264 x 12. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354642
ISBN
9780198354642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.01

Paperback. Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in breadth issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in the period of German history through key questions such as how was Germany governed, what was the extent of social and cultural change, and how effective was opposition? Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 267 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354680
ISBN
9780198354680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.75

Paperback. Tells the story of America's women prospectors - from the California gold rush through the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 375 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3734 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803299160
ISBN
9780803299160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Hardcover. Drawing on recently declassified documents and elite interviews with key protagonists that reveal candid recollections, Sally-Ann Treharne highlights the pivotal moments in Reagan and Thatcher's shared history from a new vantage point. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748686063
ISBN
9780748686063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.99

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