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Paperback. Presents a fresh view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. This book illustrates the Catholic counterculture that is revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for "Macbeth". Num Pages: 304 pages, 275 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 249 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1342. 304 pages, 275 colour illustrations. Presents a fresh view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. This book illustrates the Catholic counterculture that is revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for "Macbeth". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 221 x 249 x 23. Weight: 1338.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714128245
ISBN
9780714128245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.54

Paperback. From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, 85 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292. 96 pages, 85 colour illustrations. From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's plays. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 170 x 191 x 10. Weight: 292.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714128269
ISBN
9780714128269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Hardcover. Using south-western England as a focus for considering the continued place of witchcraft and demonology in provincial culture in the period between the English and French revolutions, Barry shows how witch-beliefs were intricately woven into the fabric of daily life, even at a time when they arguably ceased to be of interest to the educated. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 383 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230292260
ISBN
9780230292260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps, 46 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; HBJD; JFCA; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231182706
ISBN
9780231182706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 26.95

Hardback. Truly interdisciplinary in both scope and method, this book will appeal to students and scholars in American studies, history, political theory, media and communications, and rhetoric and literary studies. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFD; JPHV; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417363
ISBN
9781421417363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.79
€ 46.36

Hardcover. This magnificent new volume gives you exclusive access to the Churchill War Rooms, bringing you closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war - but won it. Num Pages: 288 pages, 300 full colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 292 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1436.
Publisher
Imperial War Museums
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904897491
ISBN
9781904897491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.66

Paperback. Look at the woman who may become the next president of America. Combining deep reporting and West Wing-esque storytelling, this book reveals the strategising, machinations and last minute decision-making that have accompanied one of the greatest political comebacks in history. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; 3JMG; BGH; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594697
ISBN
9780099594697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 353 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
353
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776746803
ISBN
9788776746803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.68

Hardcover. An examination of the supposed role of poverty, the fear of poverty and other negative work incentives in the era of early industrial capitalism and escalating sectional conflict over slavery. This text examines a wide spectrum of antebellum American thought on these and related issues. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press Virginia
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921150
ISBN
9780813921150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.71

Hardcover. This text examines changing Soviet and Russian press coverage of the USA from the mid-1980s to 1996. It suggests that the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a more self confident Russia means that the symbolic and discursive significance of the United States for Russia has diminished. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD; JPH; JPS; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333643143
ISBN
9780333643143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.15

Paperback. Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research on charms, charmers and charming available in the English language, it forms an essential reader on the topic. Editor(s): Roper, Jonathan. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBTB; HRAC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349362509
ISBN
9781349362509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 170.32

Hardback. An exploration of the richness and diversity of Jewish society in Christian Iberia from 1100-1500. It includes essays which present a portrait that adds greater nuance to our understanding of both medieval Jewish and medieval Spanish history. Editor(s): Ray, Jonathan. Series: Jews in Space and Time. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235353
ISBN
9781936235353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Hollowell, Jonathan. Series: Contemporary History in Context. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349422241
ISBN
9781349422241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813512396
ISBN
9780813512396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.39

Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 703 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 47. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
703
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810803213
ISBN
9780810803213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282216
ISBN
9780520282216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403975324
ISBN
9781403975324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.41

Paperback. This study explores U.S-Japanese relations in the interwar period to find that the seeds of the Pacific War were sown in the failure of cultural diplomacy and the growth of mutually antagonistic images. While most Americans came to see Japan's modernity as a facade, the Japanese began to group Americans with the warlike European powers." Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBJK; HBL; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349535972
ISBN
9781349535972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.92

Paperback. The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album belonging to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7. The books shows how they suffered very heavy losses in the invasion of Crete. Num Pages: 176 pages, 120 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848843189
ISBN
9781848843189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.22

Hardback. The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tate's Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations. This book looks at the Service personnel, the boats, equipment and includes many first-hand accounts from crew. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 Photos in plate sections. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848842564
ISBN
9781848842564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.36

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