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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The story of the conflicts and achievements of the founders of the great movie studios. Series: American Movies: The First Thirty Years S. Num Pages: 269 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819504
ISBN
9780810819504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.82

Hardback. First narrative history and reference work on the development and employment of British Armoured Divisions in WW2. Covers the war in the main Western theatres. Also covers the characters and contribution of these elite divisions' commanders. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV1; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848382
ISBN
9781848848382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Hardcover. When war broke out in 1939 over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army & Royal Air Force. In this book, the author looks at the seven Irish regiments in campaigns across the globe, at Irish soldiers across the Army, at Irish sailors from the Battle of the River Plate to the final actions against Japan. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 169 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844159666
ISBN
9781844159666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.74

Paperback. Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, 'Titanic Lives' is a fresh investigation of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BT; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007321667
ISBN
9780007321667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BT; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007435852
ISBN
9780007435852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.45

Hardcover. Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed and enjoyable. This book conveys Edward's distinct personality and significant influences. Series: Penguin Monarchs. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241014806
ISBN
9780241014806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.42

Hardback. Offers an account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. Num Pages: 188 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616082277
ISBN
9781616082277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801442070
ISBN
9780801442070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.80

Paperback. An evocative retelling ot two sensational crimes that rocked Victorian London. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217568
ISBN
9780812217568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a highly renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical and lesser known writers. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119121411
ISBN
9781119121411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.77

Hardcover. Aleksandur Stamboliiski came to power at the end of the First World War in which Bulgaria had been defeated. This book examines the origins of this traditional nationalism from the foundation of the Bulgarian state in 1878, and of the agrarian movement which came to represent the social aspirations of the majority of the peasant population. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white halftones, 5 maps, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791774
ISBN
9781905791774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The fourth and final part of a four-volume set of art criticism by Richard Cork, written over a 30-year period. It offers a chronicle of a turbulent period as well as an overview and survey of British art and its reception at this time. This particular work addresses the art of the year 2000. Series: Collected Essays of Richard Cork S. Num Pages: 380 pages, 72 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300095111
ISBN
9780300095111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. The third part of a four-volume set of art criticism by Richard Cork, written over a 30-year period. It offers a chronicle of a turbulent period as well as an overview and survey of British art and its reception at this time. This particular work addresses the art of the 1990s. Series: Collected Essays of Richard Cork S. Num Pages: 656 pages, 150 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300095104
ISBN
9780300095104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. This revised edition gives detailed coverage of the period combined with an emphasis on historical sources and evidence, written and visual, together with case studies on selected topics, themes or events, based on a varied range of source material. Series: Longman Histories. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w line drawings, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3H; 3JB; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 270 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582317833
ISBN
9780582317833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.22

hardcover. This is a full-length study of one of the major political figures of 20th-century America, Hiram Johnson (1876-1945). Johnson fought for decades against U.S. involvement in foreign affairs, and from his deathbed voted in 1945 against American entry into the United Nations. Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 841.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804720816
ISBN
9780804720816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300225976
ISBN
9780300225976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300215311
ISBN
9780300215311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Hardcover. This monograph discusses Portuguese eugenics within a strong international historiographical comparative framework and situates it within different regional, scientific and ideological types of eugenics in the same period. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9789633860281
ISBN
9789633860281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.36

Hardback. "The 1920s is often recognised as a decade of fascism, flappers and film. Covering the political, economic and social developments of the 1920s throughout the world, [this book] takes an international and cross-cultural perspective on the critical changes and conditions that prevailed from roughly 1919 to 1930"--Page ii. Series: Decades in Global History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138774780
ISBN
9781138774780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Hardback. The author of the acclaimed Gay Fiction Speaks brings us new interviews with twelve prominent gay writers who have emerged in the last decade. Hear Us Out demonstrates how in recent decades the canon of gay fiction has developed, diversified, and expanded its audience into the mainstream. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128667
ISBN
9780231128667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.62
€ 80.25

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Magritte. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour and 36 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714827605
ISBN
9780714827605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Hardback. This is a history of the secret activities of the British government in response to threats to the nation's well-being and stability during the twentieth century. It is based on intensive and widespread research in private and public archives and on documents many of which have only recently come to light or been made available. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPQB; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631160663
ISBN
9780631160663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Hardcover. In a cemetery on the southern outskirts of Paris lie the bodies of nearly a hundred of what some have called the first casualties of global climate change. This book tells the stories of these victims and the catastrophe that took their lives. It explores the multiple narratives of disaster-the official story of the crisis and its aftermath. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JMC; JFFC; RNPG; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226251110
ISBN
9780226251110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.78

Paperback. Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 3JH; JFCX; JFFJ; JFSL; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429731
ISBN
9780226429731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

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