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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Get ready: as a 12-year-old girl living in Britain in the 1880s, you are about to start work for a wealthy family. You will be busy all day long as a Victorian servant. This humorous title can be used as a background approach to wider issues in Victorian times, such as class divides, daily life and the position of men and women. Illustrator(s): Antram, David. Series: You Wouldn't Want to be. Num Pages: 40 pages, Full colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 5AH; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 356 x 696 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Salariya Book Company Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910706480
ISBN
9781910706480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Take an incredible voyage on the Beagle with Charles Darwin. Illustrator(s): Mark, Bergin. Num Pages: 48 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 5AK; YNH; YNT. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 225 x 289 x 7. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910184646
ISBN
9781910184646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. Filtered through some of its colourful and eccentric inhabitants, from Lady Caroline Lamb in the 18th-century to Princess Diana in the 20th, this work is a portrait of Britain as both empire and the customs and certainties of the old order came to an end. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228607
ISBN
9780571228607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Hardback. Shows how the work of orchestral conductors was shaped by and enriched cultural life in Britain from the late Victorian era to World War I. Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; AVH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271450
ISBN
9781783271450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.68

Paperback. Presents the story of the author's year re-creating the lifestyle of her 1790s ancestor in a basic one-roomed cottage, eating home-grown produce and surviving on her own resources - making household items herself and dressing in period clothing. This illustrated title includes gardening info, menus, recipes and nature notes. Num Pages: 224 pages, photographs, woodcuts, engravings, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Saraband
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781887354776
ISBN
9781887354776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JMG; 5HC; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0302559
ISBN
9780008249519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JMG; 5HC; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0302558
ISBN
9780008249519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JMG; 5HC; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0302555
ISBN
9780008249519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JMG; 5HC; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KCG0000977
ISBN
9780008249519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Fisher, Fiona; Wood, Ghislaine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 49 bw and 16 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 321 x 244 x 14. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472505378
ISBN
9781472505378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Hardcover. In 1938, the anthropologist Norman Tindale gave a classroom of young Aboriginal children a set of crayons and asked them to draw. The children, residents of the government-run Aboriginal station Cummeragunja, mostly drew pictures of aspects of white civilization boats, houses and flowers. What now to make of their artwork? Were the children .. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196080
ISBN
9781845196080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardback. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611487619
ISBN
9781611487619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.98

Paperback. The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s. That brief burst of good fortune was destroyed by a corrupt political class. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMC; JPH; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270095
ISBN
9780571270095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s. It needs to become a fully modern republic in fact as well as name. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0280919
ISBN
9780571270088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571289011
ISBN
9780571289011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.90

Hardback. That Ireland is picturesque is a well-worn cliche, but little is understood of how this perception was created, painted and manipulated during the long eighteenth century. This book positions Ireland at core of the picturesque's development and argues for a greater degree of Irish influence on the course of European landscape theory and design. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 120 colour images + 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; AFC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 252 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1598.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300185386
ISBN
9780300185386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.32
€ 42.10

Hardcover. The gripping true story of Finn Eriksrud - a Mosquito pilot who fled Norway to take on the Luftwaffe over his occupied country. Num Pages: 176 pages, 51 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553114
ISBN
9781781553114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. An analysis of the role public spaces-parks, clubs, book stores-played in shaping the feminist movement in three Midwestern cities during the 1960s and 1970s. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340836
ISBN
9780822340836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.13

Paperback. An omnibus edition of Finlay J. Macdonald's nostalgic and often comic accounts of growing up on the Hebridean island of Harris between the wars. They were first published individually in the 1980s as "Crowdie and Cream", "Crotal and White" and "The Corncrake and the Lysander". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751513486
ISBN
9780751513486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Kay Swift (1897-1993) was one of the few women composers active on Broadway in the first half of the 20th century. Vicki Ohl describes a remarkable life, which included being the first woman to write a Broadway musical and eloping to Oregon with a rodeo cowboy she met at the 1939 World's Fair. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36ill.21mus.exs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
New Haven
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300102611
ISBN
9780300102611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.25
€ 46.79

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