Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. Integrating the political and governmental histories of Spain and the American colonies, this book focuses on the political and governmental history of the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 'early Bourbon' period and provides a new interpretation of the period's broader significance within Spanish American history. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362230
- ISBN
- 9781137362230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 colour plates, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACX; AGB; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Richard Dennis
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903685375
- ISBN
- 9780903685375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.69
€ 24.99
€ 23.69
Hardback. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911512165
- ISBN
- 9781911512165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.00€ 32.89
€ 41.00
€ 32.89
Hardback. With background information and commentary provided by expert Adrian Greenwood, meticulously footnoted, this is a worthy addition to the literature of the Napoleonic Wars. Editor(s): Greenwood, Adrian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445654560
- ISBN
- 9781445654560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.73
€ 38.99
€ 32.73
Paperback. Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, we all think we know the realities of Victorian crime. This title recounts the murders, by knife and poison. It takes the readers into less familiar parts of Victorian life, uncovering the wicked, the vengeful, the foolish and the hopeless amongst the criminal world of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452807
- ISBN
- 9780752452807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.55
€ 24.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951610
- ISBN
- 9781845951610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.69
€ 21.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God. Num Pages: 864 pages, 32pp b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140131925
- ISBN
- 9780140131925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Hardcover. Presents an interdisciplinary look at the story of a generation of philosophers, poets, and intellectuals who turned away from theology, reason, common sense, and empirical observation to provide a purely metaphysical justification of marriage. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JF; DSBD; HPCD; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136936
- ISBN
- 9780226136936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.92
€ 51.99
€ 40.92
Hardcover. Drawing on the discourses of psychoanalysis, evolutionary biology, and other fields of study that informed Richards Wagner's world, the author traces the influence of Gesamtkunstwerk and eroticism from their classic expressions in Tristan und Isolde into the work of the generation of composers that followed, including Zemlinsky, and Strauss. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC9; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226082134
- ISBN
- 9780226082134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.80
€ 54.99
€ 42.80
Paperback. The French Foreign Legion has built a reputation as one the world's most formidable and colourful military institutions. This book explores how the Legion selects its recruits, their native lands, and why these warriors seek a life full of hardship and danger. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628737387
- ISBN
- 9781628737387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.23
€ 18.99
€ 17.23
Hardcover. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 274 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ANF; ANH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324788
- ISBN
- 9781137324788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 47.00
€ 53.68
€ 47.00
Paperback. Captures the character of rural life before modern agriculture altered the landscape and changed forever they way we eat and live. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, B/w line drawings and colour lithographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JJG; TV; WND; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 70th Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956254528
- ISBN
- 9780956254528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.25
€ 18.99
€ 14.25
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; ACXJ; AFJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576878088
- ISBN
- 9781576878088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.33
€ 44.99
€ 32.33
Hardback. Gives an integral interpretation of G W F Hegel's mature practical philosophy as contained in his textbook, "Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts", published in 1820, and the courses he gave on the same subject between 1817 and 1830. Series: Studies in German Idealism. Num Pages: 675 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1161.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 675
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370406
- ISBN
- 9780792370406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 375.65
€ 375.65
Hardback. Adonis' influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T.S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJ; 3JM; GTJ; HBTB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509511907
- ISBN
- 9781509511907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.58
€ 13.99
€ 12.58
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028143
- ISBN
- 9781137028143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Contains a new introduction of D.C.Watt, Professor of International History at the University of London, which analyses Hitler's background, gives the origins and history for the book, and ends with a critical assessment both of Hitler's incoherent ideas and his ruthless understanding of political power. Editor(s): Watt, Donald Cameron. Num Pages: 704 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 51. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712652544
- ISBN
- 9780712652544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.06
€ 33.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. Updated for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, this is the bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the conflict, written by the commander of the British Task Force. Num Pages: 576 pages, 40 b/w plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 121 x 36. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007436408
- ISBN
- 9780007436408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.82
€ 21.99
€ 15.82
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JH; HPCD; HPQ; HRCM; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647173
- ISBN
- 9780691647173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.05
€ 116.05
Hardcover. When Adeline Yen Mah's mother dies giving birth to her, the family rejects Adeline. In this vivid autobiography, the author describes her, life, struggles and how she comes to be accepted by her family at the time of the Cultural Revolution in China. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 207 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582848887
- ISBN
- 9780582848887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.64
€ 22.64
Hardcover. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1785 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. This title investigates two such automata depicting piano-playing women. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034027
- ISBN
- 9780226034027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.96€ 78.69
€ 93.96
€ 78.69
Paperback. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids. The author investigates two such automata - both depicting piano-playing women. She demonstrates that only in a later age of industrial factory production did mechanical androids instill the fear that societies had become indistinguishable from machines. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX; TJFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034164
- ISBN
- 9780226034164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.81
€ 32.99
€ 25.81
Hardback. "This catalog is published in conjunction with the special exhibition presented at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington, October 1, 2016-February 5, 2017, and curated by Adelheid M. Gealt, Director Emerita, Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art." Num Pages: 128 pages, 68 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; ACQ; AFF; AGC; HRLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7747 x 7112 x 15. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022905
- ISBN
- 9780253022905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Hardback. Camus' "L'Etranger" has become an internationally read book of modern literature. The essays contained in this book celebrate its continuing influence and include studies of Camus' narrative, explorations of the Algerian setting of the novel, comparative studies and feminist perspectives. Editor(s): King, Adele. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532942
- ISBN
- 9780333532942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05