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Hardcover. On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he's reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone in the country was invited to take a moment and write that letter. A selection of those letters are published here, in a new kind of war memorial - one made only of words. Editor(s): Pullinger, Kate; Bartlett, Neil. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 3JJF; 3JMG; HBTD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0009802
ISBN
9780008116842
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the eighteenth century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. The nation's most significant artists, actors, poets, novelists, and dramatists lived here. This book tells the story of Covent Garden. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718195830
ISBN
9780718195830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed biography of Turner comes a major new work that explores the relationship between art and business in nineteenth-century Britain. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782395188
ISBN
9781782395188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. A remarkable memoir of strength and bravery from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler's list. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471119682
ISBN
9781471119682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. This volume compares films from the late Cold War era with films of the same genre, or of similar themes, from the post-Cold War era, paying particular attention to shifts in narrative that reflect changes in American culture, attitudes, and ideas. It explains how the absence of the Cold War has changed the way we understand and interpret film. Series: Film and History. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442237933
ISBN
9781442237933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.85

Paperback. Cows and Catastrophes includes tales of the author's 40 years of farming on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, where he has lived and worked for all his life. Including 32 specially commissioned illustrations by Rory Walker, this book will bring a wry smile to the faces of other farmers who will recognise situations that they too have been in. Illustrator(s): Walker, Rory. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BM; HBTB; KNAC; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Fox Chapel Publishers International
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910456484
ISBN
9781910456484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
742
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415707336
ISBN
9780415707336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099574873
ISBN
9780099574873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. This title deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3H; HBTK; HBTM; JWF; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 179 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782007791
ISBN
9781782007791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In the eyes of many, Magda Goebbels was the "First Lady" of the Reich. How did this devoted mother of six, the poster-child of family values during the Third Reich, turn into Medea and poison these same children? Anja Klabunde's biography examines her complex life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751534481
ISBN
9780751534481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. This book will be set out as a how-to guide of advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 10. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781592861
ISBN
9781781592861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Arranged chronologically and thematically, the book highlights how ideas about the appropriate relationships among science, scientists, and the state changed over time. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407715
ISBN
9781421407715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history Num Pages: 368 pages, 16, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819036
ISBN
9780753819036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Wu, Chunming. Num Pages: 293 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 138 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; HBJF; HBTM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811009037
ISBN
9789811009037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 283.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, 370 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AJ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138944251
ISBN
9781138944251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.43

Paperback. Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. This book offers a paradigm for theorizing gender and sexuality - not just in the Victorian period, but in our own. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128351
ISBN
9780691128351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Prospect Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909248328
ISBN
9781909248328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235275
ISBN
9781922235275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296429
ISBN
9789652296429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138709485
ISBN
9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

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