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20th century
Paperback. 'If the 1960s were a wild weekend and the 1980s a hectic day at the office, the 1970s were a long Sunday evening in winter, with cold leftovers for supper and a power cut expected at any moment.'A jaw-droppingly brilliant account of how the seventies was defined by mass paranoia told with Francis Wheen's wonderfully acute sense of the absurd. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007244287
- ISBN
- 9780007244287
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007448470
- ISBN
- 9780007448470
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 8.95
€ 13.99
€ 8.95
paperback. On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The author's bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 186.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141399690
- ISBN
- 9780141399690
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Late in 1976 a record called "Anarchy in the UK" was issued in London, and this event launched a transformation of pop music all over the world. The song distilled, in crudely poetic form, a critique of modern society once set out by a small group of Paris intellectuals. This title unravels the secret history of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571277100
- ISBN
- 9780571277100
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.36
€ 24.99
€ 17.36
paperback. If you want to know about writing, about how to make others share the horror and intensity of an experience, try the first piece in this collection, Justice at Night Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780601045
- ISBN
- 9781780601045
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Offers insights into Picasso's life and work. This title reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951290
- ISBN
- 9781845951290
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.20
€ 45.99
€ 31.20
Hardback. Having returned to Russia in 1990 after two decades, the writer known as Abram Tertz creates a vivid picture of today's Russian intelligentsia and its role as conscience and critic since the fall of communism, as well as a chilling portrait of economic and political stagnation under Yeltsin. Translator(s): Visson, Lynn. Series: Harriman Lectures S. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; DSA; JFC; JFSC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107266
- ISBN
- 9780231107266
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.46
€ 53.48
€ 42.46
paperback. What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; CFB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220691
- ISBN
- 9780253220691
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Combines the methods of anthropology and cultural history to examine the civic culture of Barcelona between 1888 and 1939 and shows how artists like Picasso, Miro, Casals and anarchists, and other political activists shaped and were influenced by the artistic and political culture of Barcelona. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 colour plates, 25 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520084407
- ISBN
- 9780520084407
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.14
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926592022
- ISBN
- 9781926592022
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.86
€ 26.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War. This account follows the US program as it progressed from a focus on the humanitarian aspects of non-lethal weapons to their use as a means of augmenting and enhancing the lethality of traditional munitions. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBWS2; JWMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415876452
- ISBN
- 9780415876452
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Condition: New
€ 58.72
€ 58.72
Paperback. This work is an analysis of the ideology, causal patterns, and means employed in the Nazi genocide against the Jews. It argues that the events of the genocide compel reconsideration of such moral concepts as individual and group responsibility, and the role of knowledge in ethical decisions. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629931
- ISBN
- 9780815629931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.73
€ 27.73
paperback. An up-to-date and detailed eyewitness account of Burma's Civil War. It is indispensable for understanding the travails of modern Burma. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps/16 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315416
- ISBN
- 9780745315416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.71
€ 40.99
€ 26.71
Paperback. An impassioned history of the politics of oppression Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFJ; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220639
- ISBN
- 9780253220639
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. The largest city in Normandy, Caen's position gave it major strategic value for Allies and Germans alike. This title describes the battle for Caen, revealing how, as a result of the British failure to take the city early in the campaign, Caen and its population were immolated - a fate for which Montgomery has been held responsible. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75ill.11col.ill. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841766256
- ISBN
- 9781841766256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Hardcover. The gripping book about a panzer division and its battles in the shattered streets of Stalingrad. In Death of the Leaping Horseman, the untold story of 24. Panzer-Division's savage fighting on Stalingrad's outskirts and in the devastated ruins of the city itself is revealed in a detailed day-by-day account. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811714044
- ISBN
- 9780811714044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.92€ 46.22
€ 56.92
€ 46.22
Paperback. The 1970s were critical years for the British motor industry. British family motorists carried on buying British as long as they could, and the industry produced an array of cars which entered the public consciousness as symbols of their times. This title illustrates the history of these workhorses. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747811497
- ISBN
- 9780747811497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSB; 3JJC; FC; FHD; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509843152
- ISBN
- 9781509843152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.29
€ 12.99
€ 11.29
paperback. It would be impossible to invent a man like Rick Parker, a freakishly fat ginger-haired giant who modelled his personal style on Elvis Presley and wanted to become the next Don King. This title tells the story of two men who never should have met, and when they did, one killed the other. Num Pages: 256 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPR; BTC; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224080262
- ISBN
- 9780224080262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.23
€ 19.99
€ 13.23
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125086
- ISBN
- 9780231125086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.83
€ 100.83
A Revolution of the Spirit: Crisis of Value in Russia, 1890-1924
Rosenthal, Bernice Glatzer; Bohachevsky-Chomi...
hardcover. The spiritual revival that is sweeping the Soviet Union had its genesis in the religious renaissance of the early 20th century. In both cases, it was lay intellectuals who adapted Russian orthodoxy to modern life. This book includes selections that reflect the profundity and breadth of their thought. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HRCC8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823212859
- ISBN
- 9780823212859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93
€ 94.93
Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265888
- ISBN
- 9780197265888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.66
€ 102.66
American Arsenal examines the United States' transformation from isolationist state to military superpower by means of sixteen vignettes, each focusing upon an inventor and his contribution to the cause. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199959747
- ISBN
- 9780199959747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.17
€ 57.17
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306804854
- ISBN
- 9780306804854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.42
€ 18.99
€ 16.42