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Hardback. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond - three cities with large African American populations and thriving baseball clubs, this book uncovers the origins of baseball's segregation and the mechanics of its implementation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235212
ISBN
9780803235212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403120
ISBN
9781421403120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. The 1814 invasion of Washington. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546134
ISBN
9781848546134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300226430
ISBN
9780300226430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child." Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 black and whtie illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1FMV; BGA; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393322101
ISBN
9780393322101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. This ability to mask local interests as national concerns convinced government officials of the need, at both national and international levels, to protect champagne as a French patrimony. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21, 18 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; KNDF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887475
ISBN
9780801887475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.54

Paperback. Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab and Indian sources, this work shows readers the inside of China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. It sheds light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195112078
ISBN
9780195112078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese. This title introduces a set of ideas including China as a civilization-state, the tributary system, the Chinese idea of race, and the principle of contested modernity. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
9780140276046
ISBN
9780140276046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Through its introductions and translations of this book allows scholars, students, and the general public to explore the earliest interactions between what eventually became the world's two largest religions, shedding new light on Islamic history and Christian-Muslim relations. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAX; HRC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284944
ISBN
9780520284944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. The first scholarly history of the Ladysmith miners, the Great Strike of 1912-1914, and the coalmining industry on Vancouver Island. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJC; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; KNAT; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774809351
ISBN
9780774809351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.06

Paperback. Explores the history of the United States Navy's secret development of code-breaking computers and their adaptation to solve a critical fleet radar data handling problem in the Navy's first seaborne digital computer system - that went to sea in 1962. Series: Perspectives. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JWF; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 189 x 26. Weight in Grams: 845.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471472209
ISBN
9780471472209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147422
ISBN
9780231147422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147439
ISBN
9780231147439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 45 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848856509
ISBN
9781848856509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.30

Paperback. Thirty-four light-hearted tales (circa 1910--1950) are told by this popular historian, broadcaster, and long-time Edmontonian. Num Pages: 172 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645111
ISBN
9780888645111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771991
ISBN
9780226771991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033429
ISBN
9780674033429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Demonstrates that citizens, religions and identities can survive in radically pluralist settings. This title tackles people's fears of religious pluralism. It argues that those involved in collisions of faith need to risk hospitality towards one another, as opposed to the conventional plea for tolerance. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112239
ISBN
9781405112239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.48

Paperback. This work takes the reader behind the scenes of newspaper life in Park Row, New York. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823219445
ISBN
9780823219445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Religion is on the increase worldwide, but seems to be at an increasingly low ebb in the UK. Is all lost? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444787955
ISBN
9781444787955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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