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Paperback. In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore, a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 384 pages, with b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782115670
ISBN
9781782115670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

Offers vivid memories of Thomas Dionysius Clark's personal and academic journey, a journey that took him from Mississippi to Kentucky and North Carolina, to leadership of the nation's major historical organizations, and to visiting professorships in Austria, England, Greece, and India, as well as in universities throughout the United States. Num Pages: 448 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJ; BGA; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 907.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124018
ISBN
9780813124018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.92

Offers vivid memories of Thomas Dionysius Clark's personal and academic journey, a journey that took him from Mississippi to Kentucky and North Carolina, to leadership of the nation's major historical organizations, and to visiting professorships in Austria, England, Greece, and India, as well as in universities throughout the United States. Num Pages: 448 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJ; BGA; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124001
ISBN
9780813124001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Hardcover. Paul Harris Stores brought fashion, comfort, style, and functionality to millions of women in the Midwest. The business cycle of Paul Harris Stores provides a glimpse into the inner workings of specialty retail. This is the story of dreams and individual accomplishments. Num Pages: 128 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGB; KNPR; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534262
ISBN
9781557534262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.21

Hardback. Thirty captivating profiles of Christians who risked everything to rescue their Jewish neighbors from Nazi terror during the Holocaust. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBTZ1; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455566297
ISBN
9781455566297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962100
ISBN
9780750962100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844157044
ISBN
9781844157044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; APB; BM; VFVX; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 267 x 32. Weight in Grams: 628. 8vo.Like New copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
SKU
KEX0295170
ISBN
9781911274650
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. At its core the book grapples with questions about the limits of cultural hegemony at the height of the PRI and the cold war Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 314 pages, 13 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJP; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803240100
ISBN
9780803240100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.12

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJG; BGH; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190250010
ISBN
9780190250010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.94

Paperback. With access to previously unseen archival materials, Robert Mallett here assesses the ideological, geopolitical, domestic and strategic considerations that shaped Mussolini's alliance with Hitler, and his subsequent decision to wage war against Great Britain and France in June 1940. Series: Making of the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333748152
ISBN
9780333748152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405812535
ISBN
9781405812535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 45.58

Paperback. The new edition of this award-winning biography contains fresh insights into one of history's most intriguing figures. By emphasizing the impact of political and social upheaval in shaping Mussolini's image, Bosworth skillfully juxtaposes his subject's renowned brutality against his inner compassion. Mussolini never fails to grip. Num Pages: 544 pages, 27 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340981733
ISBN
9780340981733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.11

Hardback. Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility--a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century. Num Pages: 501 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674735330
ISBN
9780674735330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 49.82

Paperback. Robert Ponsonby has been at the centre of the music world both in Britain and elsewhere for some sixty years. This title presents a distillation of his experiences, achievements and friendships in that world. It paints portraits in many formats of the fifty or so figures he knew best, including conductors, composers, performers and administrators. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 black and white. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AV; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357296
ISBN
9781900357296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967. Series: Centennial Publications of The University of Chicago Press. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AVGC6; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521435
ISBN
9780226521435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Hardback. This anthology addresses the modern musical culture of interwar Osaka and its surrounding Hanshin region. It is the first to draw together research on the interwar musical culture of the Osaka region and addresses comprehensively both Western and non-Western musical practices and genres. Editor(s): McQueen Tokita, Dr. Alison; Ferranti, Hugh de. Series Editor(s): Howard, Professor Keith. Series: SOAS Musicology Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, Includes 18 b&w illustrations, 3 maps and 4 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409411116
ISBN
9781409411116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.53
€ 150.83

Hardback. The author, a former BBC radio producer, conducted interviews with many leading British composers of the day, and his account provides for a unique insight into this often overlooked genre. Num Pages: 325 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270125
ISBN
9781783270125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.16

Hardcover. Contains profiles and interviews featuring leading jazz composers and musicians in Britain in the 1970s. This book documents their ideas, influences, enthusiasms and the efforts to continue playing the music to which they are committed. It also includes photographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, photos throughout the book. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Contemporary Jazz in Britain. 220 pages, photos throughout the book. Contains profiles and interviews featuring leading jazz composers and musicians in Britain in the 1970s. This book documents their ideas, influences, enthusiasms and the efforts to continue playing the music to which they are committed. It also includes photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; AVGJ. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight: 430.
Publisher
Northway Pubns
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955090868
ISBN
9780955090868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Reinhold; Wolff, Christoph. Series: Harvard Publications in Music. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 halftones, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; AVRD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University, Department of Music,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780964031715
ISBN
9780964031715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.31

Paperback. The music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts. Series Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Series: Western Music in Context: A Norton History. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929201
ISBN
9780393929201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.14

Hardback. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, this book shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b/w photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284135
ISBN
9780520284135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 50.14

hardcover. Hammer Film Productions produced Horror/Fantasy films with a unique sound. The musicians and the work they did are chronicled here in careful detail. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APF; AVA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829756
ISBN
9780810829756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; AVA; AVGF; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2 Upd Sub
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879505377
ISBN
9781879505377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.38

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