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Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 48 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750965378
ISBN
9780750965378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.54

Paperback. Offers a look into the lonely, personal nightmares behind celebrity suicides. This book includes subjects that range from Virginia Woolf to Kurt Cobain, from Elliott Smith to Adolf Hitler and from Mark Rothko to Anne Sexton. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061728563
ISBN
9780061728563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Heroic, ruthless, highly trained..these are the stories of the most effective, daredevil soldiers the world has ever seen. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BTM; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
John Blake
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857826777
ISBN
9781857826777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816695300
ISBN
9780816695300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.24

Paperback. Unravels the following mystery: how is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support? This work is a portrait of American politics as viewed through the lens of the death tax repeal saga. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; JPQB; KFFD1; LNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127897
ISBN
9780691127897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.61

paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Human Rights Watch United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564321633
ISBN
9781564321633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. At the outbreak of war in 1939 British tank crews were ill-equipped, under trained and badly led. This book is a warning to governments and military planners: a nation must always be prepared to defend itself and ensure that its soldiers are equipped with the tools to do so. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453705
ISBN
9780752453705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Hardcover. It is nearly impossible to carry out open, honest discussion of the death penalty because of the clouded discourses that are used to describe it. In this book, Craig Haney presents empirical data collected in over 25 years of research to draw light to the social and psychological realities behind the death penalty. Series: American Psychology-Law Society Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 halftones, numerous tables. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195182408
ISBN
9780195182408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.08

Paperback. A collection of cautionary tales about the undignified ways you can kick the bucket - and they're all true. It includes stories of: the vegetarian who was killed with a frozen leg of lamb, the cyclist who swallowed his own dentures and the burglar who fell head-first into a toilet and drowned. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Prion Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0295752
ISBN
9781853759710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCS; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperOne United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060859688
ISBN
9780060859688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Explains the act of prognosis in its varying forms - from the perspective of doctors. This book examines why physicians are reluctant to predict the future, what uses doctors make of prognosis, the symbolism it contains, and the practical and emotional difficulties it involves. Num Pages: 340 pages, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: JKSN; MB; MJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104713
ISBN
9780226104713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.81

Num Pages: 320 pages, 430+ photos & maps. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 219 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1874.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764346354
ISBN
9780764346354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.98
€ 53.12

Hardback. Explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book shows how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. It helps discover the Baitshepi's maternal ethos. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX6; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259652
ISBN
9780520259652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.80
€ 72.38

Paperback. This book is a fast-paced collection of 17 true crime stories from the award-winning The Dallas Observer. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Republic of Texas Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556229770
ISBN
9781556229770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.80

Hardback. Life and death are never far apart in Egyptian culture and society. This book looks beyond funerary rites and mummification to explore the beliefs and customs of ordinary people. It also looks at how death occurred - through illness, accidents and violent death, as well as in the natural course. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750939324
ISBN
9780750939324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.62

Paperback. Presenting a range of translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of scholarship. It sheds light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415331586
ISBN
9780415331586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.62

Hardcover. As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the steps taken towards a socialist cemetery culture such as issues of design.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 tables & figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380139
ISBN
9781782380139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.15

Paperback. But the Famine did take place, and the ways Irish journalists found to tell the story of unprecedented horror conditioned the evolution of journalism, not alone in Ireland, but abroad. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press Hamden, CT
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468653
ISBN
9780990468653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.02

Hardback. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba's assassination trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people--black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American--bear responsibility for this crime. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725270
ISBN
9780674725270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.61

Paperback. Though they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801843266
ISBN
9780801843266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.66

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