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Hardcover. Founded as a boutique mail-order service in 1963, Biba - the brainchild of designer Barbara Hulanicki - quickly gained cult status, and outgrew several London premises before landing at 99 - 117 Kensington High Street in 1973 as 'Big Biba', 'the most beautiful store in the world'. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1602.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851777990
ISBN
9781851777990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.40

Paperback. Here is an excellent reference for the multitude of ceramics items marked "MADE IN JAPAN" that were exported between 1921 and 1941. Color photos show hundreds of household ceramics arranged in an easy-to-find alphabetical order from ash trays to wall pockets. Here are many humorous and novelty designs for everything from planters to sugar bowls. Num Pages: 160 pages, 350 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; WCN; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887406133
ISBN
9780887406133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.93

Hardcover. Instead of looking inward for renewal, Americans looked outward for ways to restore their moral leadership. From world's judge to world's policeman was a small step, and intervention in the name of human rights became a cause both the left and right could embrace. This book shows that human rights emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam trauma. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724853
ISBN
9780674724853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.45

Paperback. A study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. Focusing on the United States, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, it examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBTB; JPS; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725706
ISBN
9780674725706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.10

Paperback. War correspondents are prominent actors in the media world. They took hold in the cultural imaginary soon after their profession had been created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book complements studies of war correspondents in media and communication studies, history and ethnology. Series: Culture and Media Theory. Num Pages: 188 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DNJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837610628
ISBN
9783837610628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Hardcover. This fascinating cultural history of The Blue Angel provides a new interpretive framework with which to approach this classic Weimar film and suggests that discourses on mass and high culture are integral to the film's thematic and narrative structure. These discourses surface above all in the relationship between the two main characters.. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; APF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455729
ISBN
9781845455729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.01

Hardback. Exploring the ideas of consensus, resistance and rupture, this book contributes an important and nuanced reflection to the current debate on modernism in music. Series: Music in Society and Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, 37, 4 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings, 4 black and white, 33. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838104
ISBN
9781843838104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.94

Paperback. Barbara Learning explores the seemingly magical world of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' youth, her fairy-tale marriage to a wealthy Senator and her astonishing transformation into a deft political wife and unique First Lady. This book documents Jackie's brutal, lonely and valiant thirty one year struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Num Pages: 368 pages, one 8 page colour photograph insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Griffin Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250070258
ISBN
9781250070258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 224 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 258 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167619
ISBN
9780691167619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.41
€ 42.58

Paperback. Cultural Revolution Culture, often denigrated as pure propaganda, was liked not only in its heyday but continues to be enjoyed today. Considering this art music, stage works, posters, comics, literature in its longue duree, Barbara Mittler suggests it builds on a tradition of earlier works, allowing for proliferation in contemporary China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 502 pages, 14 halftones, 113 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970533
ISBN
9780674970533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Cultural Revolution Culture, often denigrated as mere propaganda, not only was liked in its heyday but continues to be enjoyed today. Considering Cultural Revolution propaganda art from the point of view of its longue duree, Mittler suggests that it built on a tradition of earlier art works, which allowed for its sedimentation in cultural memory. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages, 125 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 188 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065819
ISBN
9780674065819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 54.88

Paperback. Includes chapters which treat men as well as women, theories of sexuality as well as gender prescriptions, and same-sex as well as heterosexual relations. This book examines how Japanese have (en) gendered their ideas, institutions, and society. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 46. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028166
ISBN
9780674028166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Series: Old O.S. Maps of Peeblesshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKSB; 3JJC; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 121 x 3. Weight in Grams: 26.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps United Kingdom
Publication date
2012
Edition
Facsim.of 1906 Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850548563
ISBN
9780850548563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.07

Hardback. This book engages with the role of dance in Irish culture and society over the course of the twentieth century. The book adopts a perspective that sees dance as a prism through which to view key aspects of Irish society over the period under review. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; ASDX; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cork University Press Ireland
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050414
ISBN
9781782050414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BTC; JFFE1; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 261 x 2. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911274636
ISBN
9781911274636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Analyses the workers attraction to mining from agriculture, their concepts of 'order and progress', and how they shaped their lives rather than becoming mere victims of colonialism. This study is intended for scholars, students, and general audiences interested in additional views of colonialism, modernization, and diversified economies. Num Pages: 274 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115897
ISBN
9780230115897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.75

Hardback. Offers an account of the interplay of politics and economics in Chile in three successive administrations ending with the 1973 coup suggests that social class plays a major role in determining the outcome of economic policies in Latin America. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; JFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804709781
ISBN
9780804709781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.62

Paperback. From the late 18th to the early 20th century, hundreds of British women wrote about, and drew from, nature. This anthology includes, essays, travel writing, poetry and fiction, along with a detailed chronology and biography of each author. Editor(s): Gates, Barbara T. Num Pages: 704 pages, 28 halftones, 37 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AKLB; DN; DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284460
ISBN
9780226284460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. A vivid and compelling memoir recounting the real lives, loves and friendship of 1940s Soho and its working girls. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409120230
ISBN
9781409120230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, this book shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable momentum. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968215
ISBN
9780241968215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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