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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Howard's name will forever be linked to the successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. This book reveals the human side of the man as well as giving an account of the preparation, operation and aftermath of this iconic raid based on Howard's own letters. Num Pages: 206 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844158829
ISBN
9781844158829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardcover. Without trial and without due process, the United States government locked up nearly all of those citizens and longtime residents who were of Japanese descent during World War II. This title presents an account of the inmates' experiences and an examination of American imperialism and racist hysteria. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226354767
ISBN
9780226354767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 5HC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750960281
ISBN
9780750960281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Captures the essence of the Olympic Games through photos that reflect the greatness of the human adventure involved. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMG; AJC; WSBB; WSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 181 x 8. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804687
ISBN
9781907804687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.17

Paperback. The definitive history of the British soldiers executed by their own Army during the First World War Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 55. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Cassell
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304366965
ISBN
9780304366965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036731
ISBN
9780691036731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.14

Paperback. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in a way that was to be unmatched until man stood on the surface of the Moon. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSBX; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444760897
ISBN
9781444760897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010278
ISBN
9781847010278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Hardcover. A collection of letters by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It is the first edition to be published since 1929, and since that date the number of known letters has almost doubled. This volume contains 308 letters by the artist to friends, family and patrons, all accompanied by detailed notes. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 318 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300087338
ISBN
9780300087338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. From the colonial era of waterborne transport, through 19th-century changes in transportation and communication, to globalization, the history of the Great Lakes Basin has been shaped by the people, goods, and capital crossing and recrossing the border. This work traces the economic development of the area as borderland and as transnational region. Num Pages: 350 pages, 13 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBCO; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942610
ISBN
9780822942610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.14

Hardback. An important new look at Cold War art on both sides of the Atlantic Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 colour + 136 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AGB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300188431
ISBN
9780300188431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.33
€ 53.16

Paperback. Covers the events and happenings of the whole of Southampton during the Second World War. Num Pages: 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 3JJH; HBWQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473870543
ISBN
9781473870543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Hardcover. In 1939 Nazis identified Polish citizens of German origin and granted them legal status as ethnic Germans of the Reich. After the war Poland did just the opposite: searched out Germans of Polish origin and offered them Polish citizenship. John Kulczycki's account underscores the processes of inclusion and exclusion that mold national communities. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 35. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659780
ISBN
9780674659780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.17
€ 53.09

Hardback. Offers a portrait of home front Ohio, and how a young boy, his sister, and his mother waited out their war, scanning newspapers and magazines for news of Dad and devouring letters full of humor and expressions of love for and pride in his family and dreams of a good life after the war. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229796
ISBN
9780823229796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646985
ISBN
9780691646985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.06

Paperback. Editor(s): James, John Stanley; Cannon, Michael; Flippen, Robert G.; McDonald, Willa. Num Pages: 282 pages, 50 b/w photos, cartoons & sketches. BIC Classification: 1MB; 1MK; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235985
ISBN
9781922235985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. The first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1826 journal. Editor(s): Patterson, Jerry Daniel. Num Pages: 536 pages, 22 illustrations, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803225312
ISBN
9780803225312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Hardback. "The first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Patterson, Jerry Daniel. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; RBKF; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803244986
ISBN
9780803244986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.92

Hardcover. A leading representative of New York in the Continental Congress, John Jay (1745-1829) became one of the American commissioners who negotiated peace with Great Britain. This work consists of a wide-ranging selection of some of the most significant and interesting public and private documents and letters, written or received by Jay. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 912 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928043
ISBN
9780813928043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Hardback. This is a study of the British state's generation, suppression and manipulation of news to further foreign policy goals during the early Cold War. Series: International Communications. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJP; JFD; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623143
ISBN
9780748623143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 114.08

Hardcover. The only comprehensive study of French destroyers in English. Num Pages: 240 pages, 180 b/w photos and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBW; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 255 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1586.
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848321984
ISBN
9781848321984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.30

Paperback. The colourful story of the four very different men who created our modern world: Henry VIII, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent: popular history at its best from John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473632981
ISBN
9781473632981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

hardcover. The colourful story of the four very different men who created our modern world: Henry VIII, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent: popular history at its best from John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000993
ISBN
9781473632950
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. A contribution to the study necessary to understand the place of this small but distinct group of artefacts in the context of the 19th century. The book provides a set of photographs and measured drawings of Shaker furniture for both study and reproduction. Num Pages: 288 pages, 71 drawings, 254 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 307 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870232756
ISBN
9780870232756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.51
€ 55.80

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