Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. The two books, by authors Andrei Alexandrov and Genadi Petrov, illustrated with many previously unpublished photos, depict the blooming period of the Soviet aviation industry, which owed a great deal of its knowledge to technology derived from German designs. Num Pages: 144 pages, over 250 b/w photos and color profiles. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 311 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764316760
- ISBN
- 9780764316760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.49
€ 40.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. How did Britain's power and influence decline? Seeking to answer this question, this book begins with the reign of Edward VII, when Great Britain commanded the mightiest empire in the world. It ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, when Britain emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099451877
- ISBN
- 9780099451877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.92
€ 27.99
€ 20.92
Hardback. This edition has been extended to include a chapter taking Solidarity from Gdansk in 1980 to political power and government in 1989. Its publication marks the 10th anniversary of the Gdansk Agreement. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPN; JPWF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539798
- ISBN
- 9780333539798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.38
€ 119.38
Hardback. Commander A.F.C. Layard, RN, wrote almost daily in his diary from 1913 until 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea. Editor(s): Whitby, Michael. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b/w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGX; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774811934
- ISBN
- 9780774811934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.38
€ 43.38
Hardcover. Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century. 424 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, 48 black & white tables. This is the story of a remarkable private tutor, William Hopkins, and the education and careers of his students: the so-called 'Wranglers'. First-hand accounts of life at Cambridge allow the reader a glimpse inside Cambridge - and Hopkins's tutoring rooms. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PBX. Dimension: 159 x 243 x 23. Weight: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846287909
- ISBN
- 9781846287909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38
€ 65.38
Paperback. A. D. Wright challenges the standard view that the development of Papal authority during this period simply reflected the 'Absolutism' of secular governments, and offers an analysis related to present historiographical debates on the subject.
Series: Longman History of the Papacy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Series: Longman History of the Papacy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582087477
- ISBN
- 9780582087477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.61
€ 65.61
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837510
- ISBN
- 9781843837510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.43
€ 97.43
Hardback. This book examines US recourse to military force in the post-9/11 era. In particular, it evaluates the extent to which the Bush and Obama administrations viewed legitimizing the greater use-of-force as a necessary solution to thwart the security threat presented by global terrorist networks and WMD proliferation. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPS; JWJ; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411433
- ISBN
- 9781137411433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Series: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor. Num Pages: 640 pages, 4 maps, 24 battle plans. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. New York
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486255095
- ISBN
- 9780486255095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.38
€ 33.99
€ 22.38
Hardback. A regional study of landed society in the transition between the late medieval and early modern period. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270750
- ISBN
- 9781783270750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.80
€ 113.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPWL; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Dublin
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716528951
- ISBN
- 9780716528951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.87
€ 40.87
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467416
- ISBN
- 9781137467416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.00€ 127.24
€ 130.00
€ 127.24
Hardcover. This book explores the parameters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's dual existence as evangelical Christians and as children of Ham, and how the denomination relied on both the rhetoric of evangelicalism and heathenism. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCC95. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344809
- ISBN
- 9781137344809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57
€ 118.57
paperback. In a panoramic survey of the Victorian Age, this work describes the men and women who brought the modern age into being. The capitalist world was challenged by the ideas of such men as Karl Marx, William Morris and George Bernard Shaw - here they are. Here are also the lofty and famous and here too are the poor and the obscure. Num Pages: 752 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099451860
- ISBN
- 9780099451860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.73
€ 19.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. England under Elizabeth I: A time of war and plague, politics and rebellion, personal heroism and religious fanaticism. When if you were born poor you stayed poor, and the thumbscrews and the rack could be the grim prelude to the executioner's block. But it was also an age that encouraged literary genius, global exploration, and timeless beauty. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547143
- ISBN
- 9780099547143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.53
€ 23.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. The first comprehensively researched biography of Queen Victoria ever, by one of Britain's best biographers. This magnificent biography sheds new light on Victoria not just as a queen, but as a woman. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 58. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848879584
- ISBN
- 9781848879584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Hardcover. Presents an essay on the development of Chebyshev's theory of approximation of functions, later called 'Constructive function theory', an essay of the development of the calculus of variations, and a study of the history of finite differences, in whose development Soviet mathematicians have played a prominent role. Editor(s): Kolmogorov, A. N.; Yushkevich, A. P. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764358457
- ISBN
- 9783764358457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.83
€ 125.83
Paperback. Underscoring the human dimensions of the epidemic, Lloyd and Dorothy Moote dramatically recast the history of the Great Plague and offer a masterful portrait of a city and its inhabitants besieged by-and defiantly resisting-unimaginable horror. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884931
- ISBN
- 9780801884931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Hardback. This text critically re-examines Lloyd George's part, crucial but enigmatic, in the "lost peace" of Versailles, 1919-1940. It draws a portrait of Lloyd George as volatile and devious, sincerely furthering British interests and far from duped by Hitler. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919613
- ISBN
- 9780333919613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Paperback. Editor(s): de Paor, Annraoi. Num Pages: 456 pages, 43 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Tyndall Scientific
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993242007
- ISBN
- 9780993242007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.29
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire is a key event in the shaping of modern times. From its ruin rose new countries including Syria and Turkey. This volume considers the reasons for the end of the Ottoman Empire, explains the course of it, and examines the aftermath. Series: Turning Points. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582287631
- ISBN
- 9780582287631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
Paperback. This Reader provides the student with a selection of key readings from this debate, covering a range of areas including myth, imperialism, the cultural perspective, Marxist interpretation and feminist attitudes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614417
- ISBN
- 9780748614417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
Paperback. This book shows that the Bush police state didn't commence when Bush was inaugurated. It proves, instead, that the seeds of an American police state can be traced all the way back to the founding of the republic. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137035615
- ISBN
- 9781137035615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478436
- ISBN
- 9781137478436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31