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Hardback. The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering - in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. This book looks at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, 87 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; KCP; KNGS; PDR; TBX; WGGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140322
- ISBN
- 9780691140322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.67
€ 59.15
€ 46.67
paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; JPA; KC; KNGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789051704860
- ISBN
- 9789051704860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. Develops an historical argument with contemporary relevance - Empire abroad inevitably undermines democracy at home. Focusing on France and to a lesser extent on the United Kingdom, this title shows how empire and the post-colony have pervaded - and corroded - Western cultural, intellectual, and social life from the mid-19th century onwards. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336976
- ISBN
- 9780822336976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850366648
- ISBN
- 9780850366648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.87
€ 33.99
€ 28.87
Hardback. In 911, the French king ceded land along the river Seine to Rollo the Viking, on condition that he convert to Christianity. This work advances our understanding of early Normandy and the Vikings' transformation from pagan raiders to Christian princes. It also sheds light on the intersection of religious tradition, identity, and power. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map, 1 genealogical chart. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024434
- ISBN
- 9780674024434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43€ 106.50
€ 119.43
€ 106.50
Hardback. French Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Sociology, History/Cultural History. Specific chapters will be of relevance to: Cultural Policy, Popular Music Studies, Literary Studies, Film and TV Studies, Linguistics Editor(s): Looseley, David; Holmes, Diana. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719078163
- ISBN
- 9780719078163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.99€ 6.23
€ 99.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. During the Middle Ages, the region now occupied by Belgium and Netherlands flourished economically and artistically. This title presents an illustrated survey of the J Paul Getty's collection of illuminated manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands. It includes works by the finest and most original artists for the most discerning patrons. Num Pages: 96 pages, 85 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDN; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606060148
- ISBN
- 9781606060148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Based on the written testimonies and personal archives of two veterans of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached to the famous US 82nd Airborne Division, this book tells the story of two young Americans who unwittingly became actors in one of the greatest crusades against tyranny the world has ever known. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 photos, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907677090
- ISBN
- 9781907677090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.19
€ 26.99
€ 20.19
paperback. Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665629
- ISBN
- 9780712665629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.78
€ 20.99
€ 16.78
Paperback. Tells the stories of seven veterans who went through a hellish baptism of fire in the first battles on the front line, and fought in the last-ditch defence of Dunkirk. In this book, their accounts gives us an insight into the reality of the war and what it was really like to face the German Blitzkrieg in 1940. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552162340
- ISBN
- 9780552162340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. On May 28th, 1996, Sabine Dardenne, twelve years old, was kidnapped by Marc Dutroux, a paedophile and multiple offender who had already raped other young girls in Belgium. I Choose to Live is her testimony - both courageous and uplifting. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- KSS0016684
- ISBN
- 9781844082681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Eighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of incapacitating nervous symptoms. Living near the spa at Aix-les-Bains, she became the charity patient of its medical director, Antoine Despine, who treated her with hydrotherapy and animal magnetism. This title offers an account of the young woman's mental afflictions. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152370
- ISBN
- 9780691152370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe to suffering a complete internal collapse and a partial conquest by a foreign power. This book tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571274567
- ISBN
- 9780571274567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.84
€ 40.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 410 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823233809
- ISBN
- 9780823233809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Hardback. Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 410 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823233793
- ISBN
- 9780823233793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. A tale of greed, lust, deceit, theft on an extraordinary scale, charlatanry, kidnapping, assassination and escape from prison. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549975
- ISBN
- 9781848549975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Hardback. Deconstructs the French woman's views on culture, fashion and attitude. Full of wit and self-deprecating humour, this book explains those confusing subjects of clothes, makeup, men, culture and lifestyle as only a true Parisienne can. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DDF; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091958091
- ISBN
- 9780091958091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.89
€ 26.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if'), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of battle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594987
- ISBN
- 9780099594987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241961063
- ISBN
- 9780241961063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
Hardcover. Covers a variety of everyday subjects and situations, from l'ecole (school) to le supermarche (the supermarket) and from decoucher (a sleepover) to la piste de patinage (the skatepark). This title includes an English-French dictionary of the key words, followed by a list of further core French terms. Illustrator(s): Galloway, Ruth. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 5AH; YNM; YRDL. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 222 x 284 x 11. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843229155
- ISBN
- 9781843229155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
€ 10.99
€ 10.01