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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Inspired by Gandhi's non-violent campaign of civil disobedience to achieve political ends, Kwame Nkrumah led present-day Ghana to independence. This analysis of his political, social and economic thought centres on his own writings, and re-examines his life and thought by focusing on the political discourse and controversies surrounding him. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJP; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113343
ISBN
9780230113343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Hardcover. An exploration of the 1932 prison riot in Dartmoor Convict Prison. One of the most notorious and destructive in English prison history, it received unprecedented public and media attention. This book examines the causes, events and consequences to shed new light on prison cultures and violence as well as penal policy and public attitudes. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230282186
ISBN
9780230282186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Paperback. A beautiful, vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970s and '80s San Francisco with an openly gay father. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348903
ISBN
9780393348903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.21

Hardback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354807
ISBN
9780230354807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531230
ISBN
9781908531230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Hardcover. Drawing on the collections of the V&A, Glam Rock narrates the story of glam & explores its impact on fashion, theatre & film. In the early 1970s, glam rock changed the face of popular culture in Britain and, against a backdrop of a nation racked by economical and social crises, its flamboyancy provided an escapist dream for musicians and fans alike Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 b&w/colour. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; JFCA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 986.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851777648
ISBN
9781851777648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. An acclaimed account of the most colourful and controversial decade in the history of modern Britain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
PB Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781310717
ISBN
9781781310717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. An acclaimed history of the biggest, brashest and most tumultuous decade in recent British history. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
PB Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781310724
ISBN
9781781310724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781312377
ISBN
9781781312377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664743
ISBN
9780745664743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Hardcover. This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664736
ISBN
9780745664736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 968 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; KCZ; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168234
ISBN
9780691168234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.03
€ 45.21

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
968
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133454
ISBN
9780691133454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Hardback. Supplementing Movies Made for Television: 1964-2004, this new volume contains entries on an additional 400 television films and mini-series produced between 2005 and 2009. Each entry includes extensive production credits (director, writer, producer, composer, director of photography, and editor) and a complete cast and character listing. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMC; APFG; APT; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810876583
ISBN
9780810876583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.05

Hardback. In this update containing more than 7300 individual entries on the stars of scoring for film and television, Keeping Score presents the credits for these full-bodied, symphonic masterworks from primarily English-language films. A substantial number of French and Spanish films that have become popular in international markets are also included. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APF; APT; AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834163
ISBN
9780810834163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.17

Hardback. Editor(s): Evans, Alvin. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; JNHX; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
130
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634838429
ISBN
9781634838429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.86
€ 146.81

Hardcover. When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris first wrote to his wife in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that spanned the duration of the Civil War. The 428 letters collected in this volume form a Civil War chronicle and an insight into the ideals of a man called by conscience to the battlefield. Num Pages: 330 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802985
ISBN
9780875802985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.89

Paperback. This new Norton Critical Edition recounts the 1527-36 expedition of Cabeza de Vaca, the first Spanish explorer to cross North America. Editor(s): Stavans, Ilan. Translator(s): Frye, David. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JB; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393918151
ISBN
9780393918151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFD; KNTJ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226204871
ISBN
9780226204871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Hardback. This innovative book explores the role of cast steel in instruments for refining the body in the eighteenth century, amidst the changing climate of ideas surrounding 'polite' bodily form and appearance. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137467478
ISBN
9781137467478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.93

Hardcover. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b/w photos, 8 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910777619
ISBN
9781910777619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. The fifties was the decade that saw Birmingham getting back to its feet, shaking off the dust and demolition of the war years and slowly getting on with the business of "Life as normal". This title features more than 300 street scenes from Birmingham's past, in which, lots of firms jostle for position with their advertisements. Num Pages: 88 pages, 314 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 3JJ; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Brewin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858585260
ISBN
9781858585260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.44

Paperback. Cars, that we now know have ceased to be manufactured, travelling along our highways. Factories, that haven't existed for years, were in the 60's proudly standing as if their lives and ours depended on them - and indeed they did. This title features more than 350 images from a decade which began over half-a-century ago. Num Pages: 96 pages, 351 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJPK; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 211 x 5. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Brewin Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858584980
ISBN
9781858584980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226423623
ISBN
9780226423623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

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