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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781987915013
ISBN
9781987915013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.67

Paperback. Sheku, Sherry M. Wren Editor(s): Wren, Sherry M.; Kushner, Adam L. Series: Operation Health. Num Pages: 120 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JMG; MBD; MBN; MNC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422121
ISBN
9781421422121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.00

Hardback. Presents drawings, poems, letters, and oral histories by ten of the most celebrated Viet Cong war artists. This title features battles and events from Operation Junction City to Khe Sanh to the Tet Offensive. It presents a historical and artistic document of people at war. Num Pages: 288 pages, 230 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AG; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226078304
ISBN
9780226078304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Hardcover. The pre-eminent Vietnamese artist Tran Trung Tin painted in Hanoi during the American bombing of the 1960s and 1970s, thereby helping Vietnam to regain a place in the world as a culture not just a war-zone. This volume traces his life and work, including his poetry. Num Pages: 192 pages, 124 illustrations, (110 colour ). BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 307 x 249 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1660.
Publisher
Asia Ink United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953783908
ISBN
9780953783908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.55
€ 51.88

Paperback. The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women's swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of "League of their Own" for jazz. Num Pages: 424 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AVGF; AVH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328179
ISBN
9780822328179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. The 1970s tend to be allocated a slender role in American cultural and social history. The essays in Disco Divas reveal that the 1970s, far from being an era of cultural stasis, were a time of great social change, particularly for women. Editor(s): Inness, Sherrie A. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218411
ISBN
9780812218411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Over 250 color images present the artwork of twenty talented contemporary female artists who have claimed the outsider art genre Lowbrow Art, once dominated by men, for their own. In the text, each artist's story is presented along with her work and essays from Chris Pfouts and Anthony Ausgang. Num Pages: 160 pages, 264 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764316340
ISBN
9780764316340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.10

Paperback. The story of the Boston Marathon bombing through the eyes of those most intimately affected Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JMG; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611685596
ISBN
9781611685596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.41

Hardback. The text studies how various Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses struggled with the persistent dilemma in China of how to retain control over corporate hierachies while adapting to dramatic changes in Chinese society, politics and foreign affairs from 1880-1937. Num Pages: 269 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216259
ISBN
9780520216259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.73
€ 45.56

paperback. Editor(s): Tracy, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Annotated
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537983
ISBN
9780199537983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.94

paperback. Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's gripping and riveting true story of the hospital doctors who struggled to survive and maintain life in a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; JFFC; JFFH; JHBZ; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393757
ISBN
9781782393757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Biesen brings prodigious archival research, accessible prose, and imaginative insights to both well-known films noir of the wartime period-The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, and Double Indemnity-and others often overlooked or underrated-Scarlet Street, Ministry of Fear, Phantom Lady, and Stranger on the Third Floor. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJH; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 252 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882180
ISBN
9780801882180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Men of Capital reveals how Palestinian businessmen and British colonial officials used economy to shape territory, the nation, the home, and the body. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796613
ISBN
9780804796613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.24

Hardcover. This satirical handbook for fellow Americans is a guide to the nuances of British culture in the 1960s. Deftly illustrated with dynamic cartoons, it's packed with gems on Anglo-American differences and pithy advice which tells us as much about the British of the 1960s as it does about their visitors from across the Pond. Num Pages: 208 pages, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360. 208 pages, 36 black & white illustrations. This satirical handbook for fellow Americans is a guide to the nuances of British culture in the 1960s. Deftly illustrated with dynamic cartoons, it's packed with gems on Anglo-American differences and pithy advice which tells us as much about the British of the 1960s as it does about their visitors from across the Pond. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; JFC; WH. Dimension: 139 x 198 x 23. Weight: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242795
ISBN
9781851242795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. After the 1911 fall of the Qing dynasty, many declared the classical Chinese poetic tradition dead. In this book, the author draws on extensive archival research into the poetry collections and literary journals of two generations of writers to challenge this claim and demonstrate the continuing significance of the classical form. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726673
ISBN
9780674726673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJP; DSA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816637119
ISBN
9780816637119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.37

A memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfully in making a living as an artist and a merchant. Translator(s): Sanders, Graham. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841993
ISBN
9781603841993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.00
€ 42.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841986
ISBN
9781603841986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.99

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
A reader's companion
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813575971
ISBN
9780813575971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.73

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813030616
ISBN
9780813030616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. This book presents interpretations of Tocqueville's major works and of his place in intellectual history. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114545
ISBN
9780691114545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.80
€ 50.39

Paperback. Essays illuminate the extraordinarily varied and dynamic intellectual developments underway in India and Tibet during the three centuries prior to the consolidation of British imperial power in 1800. Editor(s): Pollock, Sheldon. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349044
ISBN
9780822349044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750776
ISBN
9780804750776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

paperback. This work offers a mapping of the cultural landscape of China in the late 20th century. By focusing on Chinese cultural formations and critical discourses of the last decade of the century, the book dissects the intellectual, economic and political contradictions of a turbulent era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804742047
ISBN
9780804742047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.75

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