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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Through the Churchills' 'wilderness years' in the 1930s, to Clementine's desperate efforts to preserve her husband's health during the struggle against Hitler, Sonia presents the inspiring but often ignored story of one of the most important women in modern history. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781313077
ISBN
9781781313077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ex Libris Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948578557
ISBN
9780948578557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.29

Hardcover. The aborted coup in Turkey has fired up interest in a country which will play a critical geopolitical role in the wars of the Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JMG; BGH; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538262
ISBN
9781784538262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. A profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of grief -- of learning to live with grief -- that begins in Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JMC; BG; HBJF; HBLX; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089079
ISBN
9781844089079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754833451
ISBN
9780754833451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.93

hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509843992
ISBN
9781509843992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400077861
ISBN
9781400077861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.81

Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave, soon to be a huge new Hollywood film, is the harrowing true story of Solomon Northup who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, enduring unimaginable degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years later. A powerful and riveting condemnation of American slavery. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843914716
ISBN
9781843914716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.05

Hardcover. The story that inspired the major motion picture, Twelve Years a Slaveis a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
0037-
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476767345
ISBN
9781476767345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup's harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393264241
ISBN
9780393264241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years, he was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225877
ISBN
9781840225877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Paperback. Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106708
ISBN
9780143106708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

This book traces the beginnings and development of commercial poultry production on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; JFSL3; TVHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761858768
ISBN
9780761858768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.26

Paperback. Bringing together colorful historical vignettes, social and anthropological theory, and quantitative analyses, this title examines these interactions between the Khmer, Cham, and Vietnamese of Cambodia and the French, documenting the differences in their understandings of medicine. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031644
ISBN
9780226031644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675869
ISBN
9780816675869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. The Origins of Italian Fashion examines the history of Italian fashion from the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Lombard tailor Rosa Genoni created the first Italian fashion house independent from the prevailing French style, to World War II, when the Fascist regime co-opted fashion as a propaganda tool. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851777914
ISBN
9781851777914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 279 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Smithsonian Books United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588343895
ISBN
9781588343895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.90

Mixed media pr. Fueled by films and TV series such as "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers" and popular books by Stephen Ambrose and Tom Brokaw, interest in World War II has soared. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842050210
ISBN
9780842050210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.90

Hardcover. This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137280435
ISBN
9781137280435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Paperback. Artist Bob and Roberta Smith was recently appointed to oversee a project in which five artists were commissioned to create site-specific projects to transform open spaces. This title presents an intimate account of this project, written in diary form. Num Pages: 160 pages, 220 b/w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JMC; ACXJ; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing London UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906155162
ISBN
9781906155162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.63

hardcover. Brings fresh insight to bear on some of the most important topics in the history the American Civil War Editor(s): Slap, Andrew L. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245680
ISBN
9780823245680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Sherman, Bill. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; KJMV5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090677
ISBN
9780719090677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.86

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975223
ISBN
9781597975223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058139
ISBN
9780691058139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

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