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Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005393
ISBN
9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; DSBH; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 289 x 14. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652298904
ISBN
9789652298904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Part travelogue, part autobiography, part historical document, this is Colm Toibin at his finest and most insightful. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPR; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330373579
ISBN
9780330373579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.56

Hardcover. Focusing on Japan's Kwantung Leasehold and Railway Zone in China's northeastern provinces, Emer O'Dwyer traces the history of Japan's prewar Manchurian empire over four decades to show how South Manchuria was naturalized as a Japanese space and how this process contributed to the success of the Japanese army's early 1930s takeover of Manchuria. Num Pages: 526 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 41. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504332
ISBN
9780674504332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.09
€ 54.57

Hardback. Lawrence Napper is lecturer in film studies at King's College, London. He is the author of British Cinema and Middlebrow Culture in the Interwar Years (2009) and The Great War in British Popular Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey's End (2015).

Series: Short Cuts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181181
ISBN
9780231181181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.35
€ 57.30

Paperback. Lawrence Napper is lecturer in film studies at King's College, London. He is the author of British Cinema and Middlebrow Culture in the Interwar Years (2009) and The Great War in British Popular Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey's End (2015).

Series: Short Cuts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181174
ISBN
9780231181174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.68

Hardcover. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations facsim., maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471127789
ISBN
9780471127789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations facsim., maps., portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471197058
ISBN
9780471197058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? This book examines these questions from a fresh perspective: that provided by the history of women in Silicon Valley in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747967
ISBN
9780804747967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 800 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJH; HBWN; HBWQ; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764332449
ISBN
9780764332449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.00
€ 72.09

Hardcover. The sole quintuple spy of the Second World War he was the only spy the Soviet Union shared with the British who codenamed him Silver. He fooled the Nazis into paying him GBP2.5 m. They also gave him a transmitter which he used to broadcast false military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 black and white photographs and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FK; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553718
ISBN
9781781553718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.70

Paperback. Melanie McGrath's critically acclaimed East End family memoir now in paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BGHA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0000945
ISBN
9781841151434
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
McNidder & Grace
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857161505
ISBN
9780857161505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJP; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company Singapore
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814733212
ISBN
9789814733212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498516006
ISBN
9781498516006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 40.73

Paperback. Tells the story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society. This title is about those women, and about how they were forced, to stop depending on men for their income. Num Pages: 432 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020624
ISBN
9780141020624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Hardback. This volume explores the appropriation of the past in modern British culture. The twelve essays argue that to distinguish between "the new" and "the traditional" today often draws a false dichotomy. It argues that Britishness, in fact, has been the product of continuous creation throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Editor(s): Behlmer, George K.; Leventhal, Professor Fred M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 plan. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734899
ISBN
9780804734899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Hardcover. The Sino-Japanese war was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started in July 1937 and not getting much help from the outside world, the Chinese soon closed a treaty with the Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft. Everything was to change with Pearl Harbor, but the struggle continued until August 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555361
ISBN
9781781555361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.73

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739109694
ISBN
9780739109694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.08

Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058139
ISBN
9780691058139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.56

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