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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067097
ISBN
9780674067097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.96
€ 57.98

Hardback. This book takes advantage of new and often surprising biographical research on the Loder family as a whole and its four main figures, using them to illustrate aspects of music history in the 19th century. Editor(s): Temperley, Nicholas. Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 314 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 41 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270781
ISBN
9781783270781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. The Second World War was a German war like no other. The Nazi regime, having started the conflict, turned it into the most horrific war in European history. Yet we still do not know what Germans thought they were fighting for and how they experienced the war. This book looks at how the German people experienced the Second World War. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 51. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099539872
ISBN
9780099539872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. By developing the concept of critical space, this title presents a fresh genealogy of twentieth-century American fiction. It argues that the radical American fiction of Jack London, Upton Sinclair, John Dos Passos, and Josephine Herbst re-imagines the spatial concerns of late nineteenth-century utopian American texts. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220768
ISBN
9780803220768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. For Priscilla, pre-war Paris was an exciting carousel of suitors, soirees and heartbreak, and eventually a lavish wedding to a French aristocrat. But the arrival of the Nazi tanks signalled the end of life as a Vicomtesse, and the beginning of a precarious existence under German Occupation. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555667
ISBN
9780099555667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Taking into account developments in historical and ecological criticism, and incorporating fresh research into poetry and politics in the 1790s, the second edition of "The Politics of Nature" enlarges and updates Nicholas Roe's study of Romanticism. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333962763
ISBN
9780333962763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardcover. Taking into account developments in historical and ecological criticism, and incorporating fresh research into poetry and politics in the 1790s, the second edition of "The Politics of Nature" enlarges and updates Nicholas Roe's study of Romanticism. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333962756
ISBN
9780333962756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardback. Written over a period of six years, this book comprises a series of lectures, both for the Charles Lamb Society and at Lancaster and Leicester Universities, and an independent study. Writers such as John Augustus Bonney, Wordsworth, George Dyer and Southey are examined. Series: Studies in romanticism. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 357.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333523148
ISBN
9780333523148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Paperback. By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So, with Winston Churchill in charge the British bluffed their way out of trouble, drawing on the trickery which had helped them win the First World War. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221967
ISBN
9780571221967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence? Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the Second World War. This book tells 30 Assault Unit's story. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571250639
ISBN
9780571250639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. For years, Lefty provided the smarts, while Tony kept the bosses happy with weekly suitcases filled with millions in skimmed cash. Lefty's obsessions with running the town and Tony's obsession with Lefty's beautiful showgirl wife, Geri eventually led to betrayals and investigations that exploded into one of the greatest scandals in mob history. Num Pages: 432 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785031540
ISBN
9781785031540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardcover. Series: National Gallery London Publications. Num Pages: 448 pages, 75 b/w + 225 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DST; 3JB; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 299 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2201.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857099089
ISBN
9781857099089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.18
€ 73.10

Hardcover. A study of Lancashire Quakers and the establishment between 1660 and 1730. Series: Studies in Protestant nonconformity. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JD; 3JF; HRCC2; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Keele University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853310157
ISBN
9781853310157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Mason uses the antics of Romantic-era advertising to illustrate the profound implications of commercial modernity, both in economic practices governing the book trade and, more broadly, in the development of the modern idea of literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409986
ISBN
9781421409986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 33. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823233342
ISBN
9780823233342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881326260
ISBN
9780881326260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Hardback. The book investigates the rise, fall and possible re-emergence of a powerful Shia militia. The author draws on personal experience of occupied Baghdad, having been embedded with US troops in the city, to offer new evidence on an important chapter in modern Iraqi history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044349
ISBN
9781849044349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.08

Hardback. William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. He should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. This book features his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818). Series: History and Philosophy of Psychology. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; JMM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306473852
ISBN
9780306473852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.39

Hardcover. Using newly declassified archives and interviews with practitioners, Nicholas J. Cull has pieced together the story of the final decade in the life of the United States Information Agency, revealing the decisions and actions that brought the United States' apparatus for public diplomacy into disarray. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPP; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340725
ISBN
9780230340725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.04

Paperback. Now in paperback, the story of one of our nation's most infamous and horrific crimes: The Saxtown Massacre. The 1874 murder of a family of five near St. Louis grabbed national headlines like no murder had since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and investigations into the crime exposed the flaws of nineteenth-century law enforcement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762788606
ISBN
9780762788606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.95

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