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Hardback. Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence-has helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years to his current imprisonment. Translator(s): Hsu, H.C. Num Pages: 260 pages, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442237131
ISBN
9781442237131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.07

Hardcover. Examines how the fortunes of Mexicans in South Chicago were linked to the environment they helped to build Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814785850
ISBN
9780814785850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.68

Paperback. Examines how the fortunes of Mexicans in South Chicago were linked to the environment they helped to build Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724651
ISBN
9780814724651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. Lorraine Coons and Alexander Varias explore the world of interwar steamship travel. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3JJG; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445649863
ISBN
9781445649863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.61

Paperback. In the last few years of steam power on the British railway network, Richard Gaunt was taking photographs across the north of England showing not only the locomotives but the varied and dramatic surroundings they worked in. These beautiful images bring the past to life - for those who remember that era and those with more general interests. Num Pages: 112 pages, 198 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; 3JJPK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Fonthill Media United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781552513
ISBN
9781781552513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. Illustrates locations such as Henley-on-Thames and Didcot and shows locomotives and trains both at work and at rest. This title includes a collection of photographs that evoke strong memories for many, and prove an important guide to this part of our railway heritage. Num Pages: 126 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453309
ISBN
9780752453309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. 'STEALING WATER is a simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of poor-white family life in the twilight of apartheid' - Richard E. Grant Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340936641
ISBN
9780340936641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Hardback. An examination of the factors which led to the breakdown of the Soviet Union. The author argues the main factor was that weak mechanisms for controlling bureaucrats within Soviet organizations meant they were able to seize the organizational assets they were supposed to be managing. Series: Russian Research Center Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 line illustrations, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPA; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674836808
ISBN
9780674836808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.85
€ 82.46

Paperback. A study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. This title focuses on performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period - Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln "Stepin Fetchit" Perry, and more. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279773
ISBN
9780520279773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.04

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Medina Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909339507
ISBN
9781909339507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911274254
ISBN
9781911274254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APT; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101986233
ISBN
9781101986233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.77

Paperback. Audley End House in Essex - or Station 43 as it was known during the Second World War - was used as the principal training school for SOE's Polish Section between 1942 and 1944. This book examines the comprehensive training of agents at Audley End and describes the work undertaken by Station 43's agents in Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750942553
ISBN
9780750942553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459448
ISBN
9780752459448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 590 pages, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; GTJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608933976
ISBN
9781608933976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. This multi-award-winning book is one of the first to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 0. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774812900
ISBN
9780774812900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.75

Paperback. State Secularism and Lived Religion in Soviet Russia and Ukraine is a collection of essays written by a broad cross-section of scholars from around the world that explores the myriad forms religious expression and religious practice took in Soviet society in conjunction with the Soviet government's commitment to secularization. Editor(s): Wanner, Catherine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRAM; HRAX; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199937639
ISBN
9780199937639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.77

Paperback. Examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. This book takes us all the way to the organizing fever of Los Angeles, where the labor movement stands at the center of the effort to transform millions of new immigrants into alert citizen unionists. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised and Expanded edition with a New preface an
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160276
ISBN
9780691160276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.86

Hardback. A comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States, this work tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. It examines the strategies that health officials have used to gain public acceptance of vaccines. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 349 pages, 22 b&w illlustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; MBN; MBX; MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
349
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247499
ISBN
9780520247499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 63.58

paperback. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032153
ISBN
9780141032153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.46

Hardcover. A history of Nazi propaganda based on never-before-published posters, rare photographs, and historical artifacts from the USHMM's groundbreaking exhibition. Num Pages: 288 pages, 230 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; JPFQ; JPL; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1574.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896047143
ISBN
9780896047143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.81

Hardback. Election 2000: aberration or paradigm? The essays in this innovative volume, combining scholarly and journalistic views, seek to place the extraordinary events of the 2000 presidential election into context with the trends of electoral politics before and after. Editor(s): Shafer, Byron E. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPA; JPHF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517639
ISBN
9780742517639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.20

Paperback. State and Society in Post--War Japan integrates the previous work of disciplinary specialists into a coherent account of how Japanese society has changed since the war. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JP; KCB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745601663
ISBN
9780745601663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.79

Hardback. An ideology of African ignorance arose in South Africa during the first half of the 20th century: Africans were hungry because they didn't know how to feed themselves properly. This work tells of the foods Africans ate, the maladies they suffered, and how the doctors and politicians reacted. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA; JFFJ; JFSL; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920474
ISBN
9780813920474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.35

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