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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. * The first collection to explore the contribution that geographical thinking can make to our understanding of modern Britain. * Contains thirteen essays by leading scholars in the geography and history of twentieth--century Britain. * Focuses on how and why geographies of Britain have formed and changed over the past century. Editor(s): Gilbert, David; Matless, David; Short, Brian. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235019
ISBN
9780631235019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. Did America's fortieth president lead a conservative counter revolution that left liberalism gasping for air? The answer, for both his admirers and his detractors, is often "yes." This work covers Ronald Reagan's legacy taking us through the 1980s in ten year-by-year chapters. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130606
ISBN
9780691130606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.24

Paperback. This compact volume identifies and tackles some of the controversies and historical mysteries that continue to swirl around Reagan and his legacy, while providing an illuminating look at some of the era's defining personalities, ideas, and accomplishments. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 maps & halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 175 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195317107
ISBN
9780195317107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Gijsbert Heeck (1619-1669) was a medicinal specialist with the Dutch East India Company (VOC). His journal is based on the daily notes he made during his third trip to the East. This volume carries the selections from his journal that deal with Siam, accompanied by the original Dutch text. Translator(s): Terwiel, Barend Jan. Num Pages: 32 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JD; HBJF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789749511350
ISBN
9789749511350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.52

Paperback. Debating the Kennedy Presidency examines the successes and failures of Kennedy's foreign and domestic policies. The differing viewpoints of the two authors, as well as the supplementary documents, allow readers to examine the issues and draw their own conclusions about America's 35th president. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742508347
ISBN
9780742508347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.23

paperback. Dominance and Decline provides a comprehensive, comparative account of Canadian election outcomes from 2000 through to 2008. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JMC; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442603899
ISBN
9781442603899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 36.62

Hardback. Gianni Bozzacchi traces his journey from humble beginnings to the sphere of the rich and famous. Beautifully illustrated with many of the photographer's most iconic images, this lively memoir provides an invaluable behind-the-scenes look at the business of filmmaking and the perils of celebrity. Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 151 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AJB; AJC; APF; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 252 x 31. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813168746
ISBN
9780813168746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 374 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352102
ISBN
9780764352102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.62

Paperback. The story of the Ottoman Empire's struggle with the Portuguese for control of the sixteenth-century Indian Ocean. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199874040
ISBN
9780199874040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.38

Paperback. A guide to Italian film. It traces the history of filmmaking in Italy, since its origins in the silent era through its golden age in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and its subsequent decline to its resurgence. It covers more than 1,500 films, discussing renowned masters, as well as directors lesser known outside Italy. Translator(s): Parzen, Jeremy. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; 3JMC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119892
ISBN
9780691119892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. Twenty-first century Latin America is rich in history, culture and political and social experimentation. In this fascinating and insightful analysis, Gardini looks at contemporary developments at three interconnected levels: the state, the region and the international position of Latin America. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JM; JP; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780320885
ISBN
9781780320885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Translator(s): Pinton, Giorgio A.; Shippee, Arthur W. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DNF; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480874
ISBN
9780801480874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Translator(s): Riley, Gillian. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBTB; WBT; WMPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226. 176 pages. A new edition of classic early 17th-century food writing, by an Italian refugee from the Inquisition in Venice, horrified by the English diet. He explains and promotes the use of fruit and vegetables, and the book contains both recipes and vignettes of his life in Italy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBTB; WBT; WMPF. Dimension: 188 x 143 x 14. Weight: 224. Translator(s): Riley, Gillian.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018644
ISBN
9781903018644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.21

Hardback. Chronicles the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah, who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. This biography provides a perspective on key events in Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, US-Iran relations, and Iran's nuclear program. Num Pages: 740 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1158. 740 pages, Illustrations. Chronicles the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah, who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. This biography provides a perspective on key events in Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, US-Iran relations, and Iran's nuclear program. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 29. Weight: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
740
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253285
ISBN
9780520253285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 64.23

paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781844673681
ISBN
9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 272. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982611
ISBN
9781909982611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.27
€ 62.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874622444
ISBN
9781874622444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.42

Treasures of the Civil War is an exhibit catalog that focuses on artifacts from leaders in the Civil War. It accompanies a three year exhibit entitled With Firmness in the Right that is set to open at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center next June. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 210 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AGC; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442223981
ISBN
9781442223981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.79

Paperback. What my father didn't do in the war. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745968544
ISBN
9780745968544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Series: The Gulf War series. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; JWL; MMR; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833026828
ISBN
9780833026828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.07

Paperback. The final selection, the Announcement of The Johns Hopkins Medical School, stands as a landmark that foretells the beginning of a new era. Editor(s): Brieger, Gert H. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892684
ISBN
9780801892684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.12

Paperback. Examines Middle East history writing from the cusp of the twenty-first century. This work considers how individual historians, historical schools, and historical paradigms have shaped the study of the history of the Middle East over the twentieth century, chiefly after the First World War. Editor(s): Gershoni, Israel; Singer, Amy; Erdem, Hakan. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; GTB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986043
ISBN
9780295986043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.00

Paperback. Challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. This title argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLL; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204010
ISBN
9780520204010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.08

Hardcover. Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the 20th century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have no biography, only a bibliography." Yet, in thousands of letters written over his lifetime, many of which are included in this volume, Scholem's biography does unfold. Num Pages: 560 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006423
ISBN
9780674006423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.45
€ 57.34

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