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Paperback. .
Publisher
Pimlico
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844139286
ISBN
9781844139286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. From May to September 1940, during a period that saw some of the most dramatic events of the war - the evacuation from Dunkirk, and, the Battle of Britain - the Ministry of Information compiled daily reports on the morale of the nation for circulation within Whitehall. These reports provide insight into the unfolding drama of Britain at war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000031
ISBN
9780099548744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. How could archaeology matter in the modern world? Archaeology studies the people of long ago and far away. This book points to ways in which archaeology is also relevant to the understanding and amelioration of modern problems. It is aimed at students and other prospective archaeologists. Series: Key Questions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 151 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598740899
ISBN
9781598740899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 760 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163499
ISBN
9780691163499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Focuses on Spain's and Portugal's New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. This book argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of sovereignty emerged in Americas as a response to European imperial crises in the age of revolutions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1KL; HBJD; HBJK; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142777
ISBN
9780691142777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. Shows that we can conceive and live with a pluralism of standpoints with conflicting standards for truth-with the truth of each being entirely unaffected by the truth of the others. This book emphasizes the importance of the nonargumentative features of the dialogues: their drama, myths, fictions, anecdotes, and humor. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229130
ISBN
9780823229130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.32

Hardback. This book examines the enormous riskiness of transatlantic trade in 18th century Spain and argues that many of the long-condemned commercial practices were vital accommodations to pervasive risk and uncertainty. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785426
ISBN
9780804785426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.22

hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735124
ISBN
9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.09

Paperback. Written as a series of lectures, this book offers perspectives in environmental philosophy that draw from analytic and continental traditions of philosophy. It argues for a sense of ecological justice consonant with human rights, and provides both human rights and environmental dimensions. Series: Nature's Meaning. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742534483
ISBN
9780742534483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.18

Paperback. This incisive study traces the history and the impact of the British Broadcasting Corporation's wartime broadcasts to Denmark. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DND; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; KNTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521158442
ISBN
9780521158442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.82

Paperback. Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. This book shows the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432725
ISBN
9780140432725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
281
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206496
ISBN
9780872206496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.27

Hardback. This narrative provides an account of Warren Hastings, the first British governor-general of India. The book looks at his rise from clerk in the East India Company to its highest office in India, his expeditions and achievements, and also at his charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors". Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632812
ISBN
9781566632812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.61

Hardback. In the 1930s, Georges Bataille proclaimed a ferociously religious sensibility characterized by simultaneous ecstasy and horror. This book investigates the content and implications of this religious sensibility by examining Bataille's insistent linking of monstrosity and the sacred. Num Pages: 372 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HP; HR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 270 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823227785
ISBN
9780823227785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.40

Paperback. Originally published: Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2006. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442207004
ISBN
9781442207004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.57

Hardcover. BIC Classification: HBW; JWF; RGV; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472827869
ISBN
9781472827869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 44.89

Paperback. This book tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the world. Concise and authoritative, it provides a balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past. This new edition brings the story up to the present day, and pays greater attention to social developments. Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Series. Num Pages: 338 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 295 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137573605
ISBN
9781137573605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.22

Paperback. A new global history of slavery from ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present day. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849016896
ISBN
9781849016896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Travel for pleasure developed greatly in the 18th century, and here Jeremy Black examines travel on the Continent, the so-called "Grand Tour". Num Pages: 384 pages, 64 b&w and 20 colour illustrations, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750931694
ISBN
9780750931694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. A masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history, by one of the world's foremost military historians. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848312333
ISBN
9781848312333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.02

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