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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. In the thirty years following the end of the Second World War Leicester underwent some of the most dramatic changes in its history. This title describes the story of everyday life in Leicester during this period. Illustrated with more than 120 photographs, maps and plans, it captures the imagination of those who know the city today. Num Pages: 192 pages, 120 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750940689
- ISBN
- 9780750940689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. A Cold War Num Pages: 328 pages, 62 colour illustrations, 32 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961998
- ISBN
- 9780750961998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. This title was first published in the late 1960s at a time when the ANC was forced by events to confront major ideological and policy issues. Many of these debates are still not resolved and many have great relevance for the present. The issues are: What was distinctive about the armed struggle? Editor(s): Turok, Ben. Series: Understanding the ANC Today Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; JPL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186. Series: Understanding the ANC Today Series. 144 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Turok, Ben. This title was first published in the late 1960s at a time when the ANC was forced by events to confront major ideological and policy issues. Many of these debates are still not resolved and many have great relevance for the present. The issues are: What was distinctive about the armed struggle?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; JPL; JPWL. Dimension: 201 x 132 x 10. Weight: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770099685
- ISBN
- 9781770099685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.42
€ 14.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Caricatured while she lived as a figure of middle-brow reaction, Mary Whitehouse was held in contempt by the country's intellectual elite. But were some of the dangers she warned of more real than they imagined? The author's selection of material from her extraordinary archive shows Mary Whitehouse's legacy in a new light. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFDT; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571281510
- ISBN
- 9780571281510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. From the bestselling author of 'The Lighthouse Stevensons', a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th-century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b/w plates (16pp). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007170333
- ISBN
- 9780007170333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Traces the life of the nineteenth century French artist, looks at his most important paintings, drawings, and sculpture, and discusses influences on his work. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 182 illustrations, 31 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACVT; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500202203
- ISBN
- 9780500202203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 5.47
€ 14.99
€ 5.47
Hardback. See the past with new eyes as you dive into the no-holds-barred humour of Vulgar Victorians. This comical compilation of vintage drawings and engravings paired with rude and cheeky captions reveals a world that is both hysterical and historical. Time travel has never been so much fun! Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- summersdale publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849537919
- ISBN
- 9781849537919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Zombory-Moldovan, Peter. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590178096
- ISBN
- 9781590178096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.50
€ 20.99
€ 15.50
Paperback. Based on extensive on-the-ground research, reveals the human stories behind China's extraordinary growth. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; HBJF; HBLX; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332307
- ISBN
- 9780745332307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.35
€ 31.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. The essays in Modernism and Colonialism offer revisionary accounts of major British and Irish literary modernists relation to colonialism. Editor(s): Begam, Richard; Moses, Michael Valdez. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340386
- ISBN
- 9780822340386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. This is the only general history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century and covers state and legal developments affecting Travellers as well as their experiences of missions, education, warand welfare. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091261
- ISBN
- 9780719091261
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.85
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€ 26.85
Paperback. Offers an account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, the author creates a richly detailed political portrait of Santa Maria Tzeja, where highland Maya peasants seeking land settled in the 1970s. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246751
- ISBN
- 9780520246751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102191
- ISBN
- 9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473821231
- ISBN
- 9781473821231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. First English translation of the diaries of John Castle's journey to the Kazakh steppe in 1736. Rich ethnographic writing offers insight into the political unrest of the Russian Empire, hidden practices such as exorcism, and the role of Islam in eighteenth-century Kazakhstan. Editor(s): Teissier, Beatrice. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930087
- ISBN
- 9781909930087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners and managers in Europe and North America since the sixteenth century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and paying particular attention to the influence of gender norms, Craig identifies the factors that have facilitated or restricted women's participation. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033222
- ISBN
- 9781137033222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.19
€ 44.99
€ 37.19
Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132518
- ISBN
- 9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. An invaluable guide to identification and pricing of antique gas and electric lighting fixtures. Early twentieth century chandeliers and other hanging lamps, table lamps, desk lamps, shades, and accessories are shown, all with original wholesale prices plus current values. Num Pages: 208 pages, 770 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764316784
- ISBN
- 9780764316784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.38
€ 37.99
€ 25.38
hardcover. A new generation of China scholars offers a fresh look at the unusual cross-cultural territory constituted by China's missionary-established Christian colleges before 1950 in this fascinating work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 tables, 14 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759489
- ISBN
- 9780804759489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.24
€ 160.24
Paperback. Nicknamed 'The Desert Fox' for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany's World War II commanders. This book looks at the life of this daring soldier, focusing on his style of command and the tactical decisions that earned him his fearsome reputation. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Command. Num Pages: 64 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBWN; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846036859
- ISBN
- 9781846036859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57