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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. An autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorant; and ultimately, his fight for his right to freedom. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099595847
- ISBN
- 9780099595847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107309
- ISBN
- 9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Born into slavery in 1818, the author escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition and social change and the foremost spokesperson for the nation's enslaved African American population in the years preceding the Civil War. This book recounts his remarkable life. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190595
- ISBN
- 9780300190595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement. This book describes the life and achievement of a man who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of our most important writers. It is suitable for those interested in American literature and history. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034013
- ISBN
- 9780674034013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.15
€ 14.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg Austrians into a unified kingdom under the Piedmontese House of Savoy. This book aims to examine the conflict as a critical event in Italian history. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849087872
- ISBN
- 9781849087872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
paperback. Challenges readers to alter their conceptual frameworks about Africans by looking at them as workers who, through the course of the Atlantic slave trade and plantation labor, shaped the development of the Americas Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814763698
- ISBN
- 9780814763698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726 - 1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 97 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AVGC4; AVGD; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 247 x 28. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270866
- ISBN
- 9781783270866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.80
€ 113.80
paperback. Original Hungarian work published in Budapest in 1943. Editor(s): Bondy, Frederick. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781557537645
- ISBN
- 9781557537645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.40
€ 60.40
Paperback. This 1993 book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780521035019
- ISBN
- 9780521035019
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Condition: New
€ 42.00
€ 42.00
Hardback. The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during WWII. This work traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the Military Statistics Bureau: the world's largest spy and counterespionage organization. Num Pages: 672 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234079
- ISBN
- 9780520234079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.26€ 64.09
€ 83.26
€ 64.09
Paperback. Investigates how regimes in the Maghreb have kept dissent at bay, and the means by which their authority has been challenged. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046961
- ISBN
- 9781849046961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.19
€ 33.99
€ 30.19
Hardback. This book examines the development of France's male and female homosexual communities and its gay liberation movements after 1968. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732734
- ISBN
- 9780804732734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87
€ 169.87
Paperback. This book examines the development of France's male and female homosexual communities and its gay liberation movements after 1968. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732741
- ISBN
- 9780804732741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.93
€ 40.99
€ 39.93
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165129
- ISBN
- 9780231165129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W Illus.: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JM; GTJ; HBJF1; HBTV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165136
- ISBN
- 9780231165136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.86
€ 29.99
€ 21.86
Hardback. Examines the Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the 'paradigm of liberal inclusiveness' as formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. This book argues that the liberal paradigm worked for American Jews but that France's illiberal impulses hindered its Jewish population in acquiring full civic rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096490
- ISBN
- 9780691096490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.19€ 78.42
€ 103.19
€ 78.42
Hardcover. A study of natural science and religion in 19th-century German-speaking Europe. German theologians paid little attention to natural science and eschewed philosophically popular yet naive versions of natural theology. Gregory examines the implications and extent of this "loss of nature". Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674604834
- ISBN
- 9780674604834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.55
€ 53.99
€ 44.55
Hardcover. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479896806
- ISBN
- 9781479896806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479828944
- ISBN
- 9781479828944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. What was it like to grow up German during Hitler's Third Reich? This book interviews average Germans who came of age between 1933 and 1945. It provides insights into Germany's tragic years, offering a nuanced response to the abiding question of how a nation made the quantum leap from anti-Semitism to systematic genocide. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269644
- ISBN
- 9780520269644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.15
€ 36.99
€ 27.15