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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. This work shows how, on November 7, 1841, the "Creole" was transporting slaves from Richmond to the auction block at New Orleans. A band of slaves led by Madison Washington seized the crew, and forced the ship to sail into Nassau harbour, where the British offered them freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; G; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634939
- ISBN
- 9781566634939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
Paperback. The Muslim world represented an alien and foreign phenomenon for the USA in its early years as a republic (1785-1815). This study examines the American view of Muhammad and the many issues which helped to determine American perceptions of the Muslim world. Num Pages: 284 pages, 12pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014906
- ISBN
- 9780226014906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. George Psychoundakis was a young shepherd boy who knew the island of Crete intimately when the Nazis invaded by air in 1941. He immediately joined the resistance and took on the crucial job of war-time runner. This book presents an account of George's activities across mountainous terrain, come blazing summer or freezing winter. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UNKNOWN
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043340
- ISBN
- 9780141043340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
hardcover. This book is a 'home front' study of Ireland during the Crimean War, which analyses how the various strands of Irish society responded to the conflict's events, issues and impacts and how they memorialised it as part of the British Empire. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781382547
- ISBN
- 9781781382547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.29
€ 19.99
€ 8.29
Hardback. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422489
- ISBN
- 9780821422489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Paperback. Examines the major divisions in criticism of this major African American writer, paying particular attention to the way each critical period defines Baldwin and his work for its own purposes. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139689
- ISBN
- 9781571139689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. The author was forced into exile by Assad's regime. When the uprising in Syria turned to bloodshed, she was determined to take action and secretly returned several times. From the first peaceful protests for democracy to the arrival of ISIS, this is her powerful and courageous testament to what she found inside the borders of her homeland. Translator(s): Gowanlock, Nashwa; Kemp, Ruth Ahmedzai. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JMG; BM; HBJF1; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044885
- ISBN
- 9781846044885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Between 1800 and 1850, political demonstrations and the tumult of a ballooning street life not only brought novel kinds of crowds onto the streets of London, but also fundamentally changed British ideas about public and private space. This book demonstrates the influence of these crowds, riots, and demonstrations on the period's literature. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press Los Angeles California
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219175
- ISBN
- 9780520219175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. A detailed analysis of policing in Northern Ireland, tracing the history of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) since its origination in 1922, and the complex problems it faces today. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJ; HBT; JKSW1; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745313931
- ISBN
- 9780745313931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. From best-selling author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation', winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for 2013, comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the Vercors massif - the largest action by the French Resistance during the Second World War. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007520817
- ISBN
- 9780007520817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Series: Classic Histories Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 117 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAM9; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750978545
- ISBN
- 9780750978545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473862555
- ISBN
- 9781473862555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.76
€ 27.99
€ 24.76
unknown_binding. October 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: the confrontation that brought the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before or since. Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780748696307
- ISBN
- 9780748696307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 29.39
€ 39.99
€ 29.39
Hardcover. An overview of information recently released by the former Soviet Union, the USA and Cuba. The collection, edited by a long-time student of the crisis, is an up-to-date work that bears on a moment when the world, for good cause, held its breath in fear that the morning might bring the apocalypse. Editor(s): Nathan, James A. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312060695
- ISBN
- 9780312060695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199795703
- ISBN
- 9780199795703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.02
€ 49.02
Hardback. Fifty years after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba, the two fundamental dimensions of this historical phenomenon are the survival of the system created by Fidel Castro and the policy of the United States to terminate it. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619265
- ISBN
- 9780230619265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.15
€ 52.93
€ 47.15
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745330105
- ISBN
- 9780745330105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.05
€ 40.99
€ 27.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743273
- ISBN
- 9780804743273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. The Cult of Art in Nazi Germany presents a new interpretation of National Socialism, arguing that art in the Third Reich was not simply an instrument of the regime, but actually became a source of the racist politics upon which its ideology was founded. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 110 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACX; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 4217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743266
- ISBN
- 9780804743266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. Examining the life reform movements of early 20th century Germans, and the obsession with perfect health and beauty, Micahel Hau demonstrates why so many people were drawn to aesthetic ideals and their impact on German society and medicine. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226319766
- ISBN
- 9780226319766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of Chinese population and appealed to a range of social classes. This book explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. It describes various cult practices, activities of worship, and the exorcising of fox spirits. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133388
- ISBN
- 9780231133388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 57.47
€ 73.67
€ 57.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 337 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542692
- ISBN
- 9788763542692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.90€ 53.96
€ 68.90
€ 53.96
Hardcover. Yamamoto Sanehiko's (1885-1952) achievements as a publisher, writer, and politician in the interwar period served as both a catalyst and a template for developments after the wars. While exploring the accomplishments the compelling figure, this study sheds new light on the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred in postwar Japan. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJP; DSK; HBTB; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366214
- ISBN
- 9781137366214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
The Cultural Gradient. The Transmission of Ideas in Europe, 1789 -1991...
. Ed(S): Evtuhov, Catherine; Kotkin, Stephen
Paperback. Is there a sharp dividing line separating Europe into "East" and "West"? This volume brings together scholars to examine the evolution of the conception of Europe over the two centuries since the French Revolution. Editor(s): Evtuhov, Catherine; Kotkin, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520639
- ISBN
- 9780742520639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.51
€ 68.51