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Paperback. Features a history of World Cinema. This book traces the history of the twentieth-century's popular entertainment form, covering different aspects of its development, stars, studios, and cultural impact. It is intended for students and general readers. Editor(s): Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 848 pages, numerous halftones (some colour). BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 188 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1832.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198742425
ISBN
9780198742425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.40
€ 55.99

Paperback. Biography of Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the leaders of Ireland's 1916 Rising. A journalist, novelist and fierce nationalist, he was quartermaster of the Irish Volunteers, in charge of getting and managing many of the arms used in the rebellion. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286. Nice clean copy with very minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038261
ISBN
9781847173355
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.99
€ 10.00

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Ruan. Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320. Nice clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Merrion Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038302
ISBN
9781785370663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages, 600+ black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 226 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1104. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Signed by the author. Very scarce
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Irish Graves Publications
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038315
ISBN
9780954227548
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 38.00

Hardcover. Called by some a 'Mediterranean Jutland,' the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. This is the story of the largest naval engagement in the Mediterranean during the First World War. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBTM; HBWN; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253343796
ISBN
9780253343796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.52

Paperback. White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521273794
ISBN
9780521273794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.43

Paperback. There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious and worst. This work tells the story of Newgate's origins, the criminals it held, the punishments meted out and its rebuilding and reform. Num Pages: 317 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750938969
ISBN
9780750938969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. How did individual Americans respond to the shock of President Lincoln's assassination? Diaries, letters, and intimate writings reveal a complicated, untold story Num Pages: 408 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300219753
ISBN
9780300219753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719033575
ISBN
9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.76

Hardback. This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence, the majority previously unpublished, for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households; and it then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719065446
ISBN
9780719065446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardback. Sheds light on the relationship between portraiture, social affirmation and the myth of Antiquity as it was experienced and elaborated in 18th-century Rome. This book offers insights and readings into how the experience of the City in terms of abstract or concrete appropriation affected the ways of portraying innate or visiting elite sitters. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AGHF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719075964
ISBN
9780719075964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Hardback. Hard sell explores advertising in Britain in the 1950s and 60s through extensive new archival research in Britain and America, combining the study of business practices with analysis of television and press advertisements. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFDT; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719085376
ISBN
9780719085376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardback. Combines research on a wide variety of leisure activities in the early modern and modern periods, providing an unprecedented transnational perspective to the study of European leisure history. Editor(s): Borsay, Peter; Furnee, Jan Hein. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 193 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719089695
ISBN
9780719089695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Hardback. This book explores both the social history of livestock and veterinary history in South Asia, and integrates both of them seamlessly within its narrative. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; HBTQ; MBX; MZD; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719089725
ISBN
9780719089725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.28

Hardcover. The Rwandan genocide was one of the bloodiest events in the late twentieth century and the international community's response has stimulated a great deal of interest and debate ever since. In this study, Dean White provides the most thorough review of Britain's response to the crisis written to date. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFGR; HBTZ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719095238
ISBN
9780719095238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.28

Hardback. A kaleidoscopic picture of Britain in 1846, a nation on the brink of economic and social change as the Industrial Revolution deepened its impact. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
SKU
9781781852545
ISBN
9781781852545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Middleton Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906008802
ISBN
9781906008802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.11

Paperback. In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a daring night time raid. Only two of them ever returned. Here is the story of their kidnap, sale in the slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout from the attack. Num Pages: 488 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366 477pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781847171047
ISBN
9781847171047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.02

Hardback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088940
ISBN
9780719088940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.65
€ 90.20

Paperback. * Classic essays on the history of radical protest. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780349112282
ISBN
9780349112282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

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