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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354536
ISBN
9780198354536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354666
ISBN
9780198354666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Paperback. New, updated edition in advance of the unveiling of a statue of Wojtek next to the Scott Monument, Edinburgh, in May 2014. Journalist and historian Neal Ascherson reflects on the Polish experience in the Second World War. Wojtek has memorials at the Imperial War Museum, London, Edinburgh Zoo and in Canada, and he is a national hero in Poland Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBT; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Birlinn
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843410652
ISBN
9781843410652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.28

Paperback. Aileen Fyfe examines the emergence of a popular science literature in early Victorian Britain, which was largely stimulated by the Religious Tract Society. Anxious that science and faith were becoming seen as mutually exclusive, the RTS embarked on an ambitious publishing venture. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226276489
ISBN
9780226276489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.82

Paperback. As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners in awful conditions. His life was literally saved by the dropping of the Nagasaki atom bomb. This title presents his account. Num Pages: 260 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904943402
ISBN
9781904943402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Finally in paperback comes Mo' Meta Blues Questlove's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed psychedelic, punch-drunk memoir Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; AVGR; BGFA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455501373
ISBN
9781455501373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.34

Hardback. In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. This book tells a different story about the conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285606
ISBN
9780520285606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.55
€ 71.58

Paperback. In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. This book tells a different story about the conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285613
ISBN
9780520285613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Hardcover. Based on a wide range of Arab and Western sources, the author analyzes contemporary foreign policy issues and security matters - notably that of the Arabian peninsula and the Red Sea, where Yemen is a significant player. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 51. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
244
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437727
ISBN
9781850437727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.65
€ 135.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; 3JMC; JFC; JPH; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656318
ISBN
9780816656318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.43

Hardcover. After the US invasion of Iraq, a loosely organized insurgency continues to target American and Coalition soldiers, as well as Iraqi security forces and civilians, with devastating results. This book reveals the insurgents behind the widespread revolt, their motives, and their tactics. Series: Crises in World Politics. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 123. .
Publisher
CORNELL UNIV+PRESS
Number of pages
482
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850657958
ISBN
9781850657958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.20

Paperback. On 11 September 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. This book makes you rethink what it means to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JM; BGHA; JPVR; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572299
ISBN
9780099572299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. The Algerian warrior and Sufi saint, Emir Abd el-Kader, shows his spiritual qualities in the fight against the French colonial authorities. "The New York Times" called the Emir "one of the few great men of the century," while Abraham Lincoln and Pope Pius IX both commended the Emir for rescuing 15,000 Christians while in exile in Damascus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; BGX; HBJH; HBLL; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
World Wisdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936597178
ISBN
9781936597178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AMK; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774164873
ISBN
9789774164873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.77

Hardback. Based on the work of Ahmed Karadawi, Refugee Policy in Sudan discusses Sudanese government policy towards the refugee flows from Ethiopia into the Eastern Region of Sudan in theperiod 1967 to 1984, arguing that there were two underlying assumptions behind successive governments' policies: that refugees were considered a security threat.. Series: Refugee & Forced Migration Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; GTF; JFFD; JFFN; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817082
ISBN
9781571817082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, numerous illustrations in colour. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJP; ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 304 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Verlag fur Moderne Kunst
Condition
New
SKU
V9783903131170
ISBN
9783903131170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.69

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408830505
ISBN
9781408830505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

hardcover. Presents a cross-cultural comparative approach to the art of dyeing and printing with natural dyestuffs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This book includes data from the vast historical heritage of natural dyestuffs from a range of European cities, to historiographic insights for the understanding of this technology. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; TDCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370222
ISBN
9780792370222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.04

Hardcover. In 1793 the Witts family arrived in Edinburgh for a stay of five years. A well-to-do family they were brought to near penury brought the failure of Edward Witts business. Within a few months Edward and Agnes had built a wide circle of friends and acquaintance in the upper echelons of society where Agnes's magnetic personality worked its magic. Editor(s): Sutton, Alan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 60 illustrations, 30 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JF; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 260 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554845
ISBN
9781781554845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.47

Hardback. Account of the terrible experiences of members of this Scottish Regiment at the hands of the Japanese. Includes many personal accounts of brutal slave labour on the Railway of Death and in the mines. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSB; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWTR; JWTY; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781781591697
ISBN
9781781591697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 5.99

Hardback. From 1926 onward, Sinn Fein, which had been instrumental in the revolutionary period of 1919-23, faded into oblivion as a result of its intransigent and doctrinaire stance. This book unravels a chapter of history that has not been dealt with in detail until now. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084898
ISBN
9780719084898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGHA; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Eland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871286
ISBN
9780907871286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Memoirs of Occupied France. 384 pages. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight: 284. Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596745
ISBN
9780747596745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.48

Hardback. This is a comprehensive analysis of the main dynamics of modernity which discusses the technological, social and political elements of modernism, and analyzes the works of Hegel, Marx, Weber, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Arendt. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631216124
ISBN
9780631216124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.93

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