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Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat

Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat

Author: Joe Shute
ISBN: 9781399402507
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspired...  Read More >>

If You Run Out of Words: A Picture Book

If You Run Out of Words: A Picture Book

Author: Felicita Sala
ISBN: 9781419766886
Format: Hardback
$29.99

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Tales from the Dancefloor: Manchester / the Warehouse Project / Parklife / Sankeys / the HaçIenda

Tales from the Dancefloor: Manchester / the Warehouse...

Author: Sacha Lord
ISBN: 9780008656317
Format: Hardback
$45.00

Like most Mancunians of his age, Sacha Lord's life has been a tale of two cities. Then and now.  Read More >>

Black Yanks: Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain

Black Yanks: Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain...

Author: Kate Werran ,  J. Robert Lilly
ISBN: 9781803993522
Format: Hardback
$54.99

The dramatic story of one of the earliest successes of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Yanks re-examines the UK...  Read More >>

Sikh History: A Captivating Guide to the Story of Sikhism, From Spiritual Beginnings to Heroic Stands

Sikh History: A Captivating Guide to the Story of Sikhism,...

Author: Captivating History
ISBN: 9798893580471
Format: Hardback
$73.89

Dive Into the Heart of Sikhism: Your Ultimate Guide to Understanding an Unyielding Faith & Fierce Warriors!  Read More >>

Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney

Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of...

Author: Peter Marshall
ISBN: 9780008394394
Format: Hardback
$45.00

'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES 'If...  Read More >>

Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects

Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial...

Author: Noah Angell
ISBN: 9781800961340
Format: Hardback
$49.99

An artist investigates strange goings on at the British museum - and uncovers a maelstrom of disquiet within its...  Read More >>

Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

Author: Gloria Childress Townsend
ISBN: 9798400717727
Format: Paperback
$84.70

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members circling the globe, including trailblazing...  Read More >>

Social Development and Social Changes in China: From 1949 to 2019

Social Development and Social Changes in China: From...

Author: Yi Zhang
ISBN: 9789819711833
Format: Hardback
$316.77

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How Black Was My Valley: Poverty and Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland

How Black Was My Valley: Poverty and Abandonment in...

Author: Brad Evans
ISBN: 9781913462840
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Providing a searing insight and honest portrayal of post-industrial communities ravaged by decades of abandonment,...  Read More >>

Tudor Children

Tudor Children

Author: Nicholas Orme
ISBN: 9780300276114
Format: Paperback
$22.95

The first history of childhood in Tudor England  Read More >>

Postcards to Hitler: A German Jew's Defiance in a Time of Terror

Postcards to Hitler: A German Jew's Defiance in a Time...

Author: Bruce Neuburger
ISBN: 9781685900540
Format: Paperback
$62.99

"An intimate history of the Holocaust, drawn from the final days of a Jewish family in Munich Postcards to Hitler...  Read More >>

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Parable of the Moorish Sardine

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Parable of the Moorish Sardine...

Author: Cush Dey
ISBN: 9781952828386
Format: Paperback
$79.17

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Ignorance: A Global History

Ignorance: A Global History

Author: Peter Burke
ISBN: 9780300276503
Format: Paperback
$24.95

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Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

Author: Gloria Childress Townsend
ISBN: 9798400717741
Format: Hardback
$118.80

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members circling the globe, including trailblazing...  Read More >>

Catalan Cinema: The Barcelona Film School and the New Avant-Garde

Catalan Cinema: The Barcelona Film School and the New...

Author: Anton Pujol ,  Jaume Martí-Olivella
ISBN: 9781487544508
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This collection of essays on Catalan cinematography explores one of the most vibrant minority cultures in Europe....  Read More >>

A Little History of Psychology

A Little History of Psychology

Author: Nicky Hayes
ISBN: 9780300269949
Format: Hardback
$32.95

A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature  Read More >>

Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit

Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power...

Author: Say Burgin
ISBN: 9781479814145
Format: Hardback
$75.99

"""The untold story of how white activists in Detroit heeded Black Power's call for them to organize against racism...  Read More >>

After the End: Cold War Culture and Apocalyptic Imaginations in the Twenty-First Century

After the End: Cold War Culture and Apocalyptic Imaginations...

Author: David L. Pike
ISBN: 9781526174048
Format: Hardback
$207.00

Through sources from literature and film to comics, music and the built environment across the globe, this work...  Read More >>

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America

Author: Beth Linker
ISBN: 9780691235493
Format: Hardback
$54.99

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Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms

Author: Perry Pierik
ISBN: 9798224830923
Format: Paperback
$86.99

Suffering due to the consequences of the border revision of mid-europe, romania, led by marshal antonescu, opted...  Read More >>

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

Author: Kathleen DuVal
ISBN: 9780525511038
Format: Hardback
$79.99

"A sweeping history of the power of Indigenous North America from ancient cities to fights for sovereignty that...  Read More >>

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City

Author: Dennis Romano (Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History Emeritus, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History Emeritus, Syracuse University)
ISBN: 9780190859985
Format: Hardback
$79.95

"A sweeping and comprehensive history of Venice--from its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present day--that...  Read More >>

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