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Hardback. Drawing on the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of the spelling system of Older and Modern Scots, illustrating how this orthographic system has developed partly in response to historical shifts in pronunciation, and partly as a result of social and political change. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black and white line art. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CFF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643059
ISBN
9780748643059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 103.18

Paperback. Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums in England, Hong Kong, Australia and the United States in engaging in public discourse, and gauges their ability to operate as sites of democratic public space. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPCH; 1KBB; 1MBF; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118274835
ISBN
9781118274835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.02

Paperback. Includes supernatural tales and legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the phantom congregation who gather for a 'Sermon of the Dead'. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039749
ISBN
9780141039749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716532903
ISBN
9780716532903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Paperback. A trainee nurse in the 1950s had a lot to bear. This title introduces these warm-hearted yet naive young girls as they get to grips with strict discipline, long hours and bodily fluids. It shows the camaraderie that develops in evening study sessions, sneaked trips to the cinema and mischievous escapades with the young trainee doctors. Num Pages: 352 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJPG; BM; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091937959
ISBN
9780091937959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Hardcover. An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933242
ISBN
9780861933242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838715
ISBN
9781843838715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

Paperback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1M; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426114
ISBN
9781474426114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 300 b&w and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DDF; 3JJ; AKB; AKR; AMB; BGF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 190 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1300.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716532767
ISBN
9780716532767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 34.36

Paperback. Care services for children depend on a limited supply of resources; it is vital that these are used to best effect. This book considers the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of these services and their contribution to children's well-being. This is an invaluable book for those professionals concerned with social care services for children. Series: Costs & Effectiveness of Services Children in Need. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843104964
ISBN
9781843104964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

paperback. A biography of Edward VI, drawing a portrait of the boy king as a highly precocious, well educated, intellectually confident and decisive youth, with clear views on the future of the English church. Jennifer Loach also supplies the dramatic context in which Edward's short reign was played out. Editor(s): Bernard, Professor George; Williams, Penry. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094091
ISBN
9780300094091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Hardback. Presents a response to the prominent Methodist historian David Hempton's call to analyse women's experience within Methodism. This book deals with British Methodist women preachers over the nineteenth century, with emphasis on the Primitive Methodists and Bible Christians. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HRCC95; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078859
ISBN
9780719078859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.00

Hardback. This is an original study of British diplomacy in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It examines the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life and practice between 1750 and 1830. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082726
ISBN
9780719082726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.91

Paperback. A biographical study of a man whose political legacy has been fought over by his heirs and followers. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853311376
ISBN
9781853311376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.68

Hardback. Literary Networks and Dissenting Irish Print Culture examines the origins of Irish labouring-class poetry produced in the liminal space of revolutionary Ulster (1790-1815), where religious dissent fostered a unique and distinctive cultural identity. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137471529
ISBN
9781137471529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38

paperback. Now in paperback, this 'wonderful book' (Jane Stevenson, Daily Telegraph) describes the remarkable lives and times of the John Tradescants, father and son, immortalized in Philippa Gregory's bestselling novels Earthly Joys and Virgin Earth. Num Pages: 496 pages, Integrated black & white images throughout. 2 x 8pp black & white plates and 4pp colour p. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781843543350
ISBN
9781843543350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. The lives of six women on the home front 1939-1945: the true history of what our grandmothers did in the war. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Six Women's Lives in the Second World War. 420 pages. Over 8 million women stayed at home during the Second World War and their story has never been told. Using brand new research from the Mass-Observation Archive, the author brings to life - in all its tragedy, pathos, joy and fear - the lives of six ordinary women made extraordinary by the demands of war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight: 298.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
420
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849017145
ISBN
9781849017145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008163730
ISBN
9780008163730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Hardcover. By the early 1900s both Britain and Russia, recognising the threat from Imperial Germany, decided to stabilise their relations and replace their rivalry in Central Asia - the great game - with rapprochement. But their rivalry escalated and by 1914 the two empires were on the brink of war. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1FC; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850433712
ISBN
9781850433712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 59.84

Paperback. Examining the history of the representations of women writers from Margery Kemp and Christine de Pizan to Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, this volume shows how the woman writer came to embody alienation from tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226780139
ISBN
9780226780139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, this book revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226781709
ISBN
9780226781709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardback. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, this book revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; GLM; HBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226781716
ISBN
9780226781716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.69

Paperback. Where did Gloucestershire's cloth go? To markets all over the world: to Hudson's Bay, to India, besides Europe; to clothe the British Army, as well as speciality cloth for coronations and the Pope's robes. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; KNDD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752462158
ISBN
9780752462158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Paperback. Recovering the controversies and commentary surrounding the early creation of scientific photography and drawing on a wide range of new sources and critical theories, Tucker establishes a greater understanding of the rich visual culture of Victorian science and alternative forms of knowledge, including psychical research. Num Pages: 308 pages, 68, 68 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410937
ISBN
9781421410937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.02

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