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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. More than four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the legendary figures of history. His attacks on Spanish cities and ships transformed his private war into a struggle for survival between Protestant England and Catholic Spain. His exploits marked the emergence of England as a major maritime nation. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137626
ISBN
9781844137626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. An introduction to the work of John Constable. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour and 36 b&w illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 510. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0002798
ISBN
9780714827544
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tirpitz Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937559
ISBN
9780750937559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. A unique account of the lives and raids of British bomber crews during the Second World War, based on original research and written by the bestselling author of THE DAMBUSTERS. Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117966
ISBN
9780349117966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardback. This book is a major reassessment of the early Cold War U.S.-Japan security relationship. It draws on new archival material and the latest scholarship to demonstrate the constructive efforts of U.S. policymakers in building a lasting, albeit limited partnership with America's most important East Asian ally. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739610
ISBN
9780804739610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856832833
ISBN
9780856832833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Hardback. This text gives a detailed record of Ludwig Boltzmann's life and philosophical thoughts during his final years, a period of major change in physics, needing a new methodology of theoretical, idealized science. Editor(s): Blackmore, John T. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJC; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792332312
ISBN
9780792332312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.45

Hardback. Boltzmann was a philospher, as well as a physicist. This study delves into Boltzmann's correspondence and looks into his final years, aiming to present an alternative view. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792334644
ISBN
9780792334644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.64

Paperback. A biographical account of John Milton. It features readings, chronologies, and attention to symbol from etymology to archetype. The work seeks to take the reader into the most interior stirrings of a 17th-century mind. Series: Studies in the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190211
ISBN
9780813190211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; JPWL; YQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473272
ISBN
9780801473272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.90

Paperback. Features several photographs from a defining era of the Central Asian region, collected and annotated by a descendant of the photographer. The photographs provide us with a rare Russian point of view of the Great Game - the rivalry between Britain and Russia for the domination of Central Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Over 100 duotone Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; AJC; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 277 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863567353
ISBN
9780863567353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.58

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1997-1998 ed
SKU
KNW0009096
ISBN
9780847687053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

paperback. This comprehensive overview of Kinsale's seafaring tradition will be enjoyed by all who appreciate a whiff of salty sea spray, and the sense of adventure bound to ships voyaging to distant lands. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328. CORK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781848893092
ISBN
9781848893092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.42

hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, figures, tables, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; JPH; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Gordon and Breach Netherlands
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9789057024207
ISBN
9789057024207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.57

Paperback. In 1701, the nations resisting Louis XIV's attempts to secure the throne of Spain had formed a grand Alliance. Yet by late 1703 the overall outlook was unfavourable. Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy developed a plan and succeeded to change this and knock Bavaria out of the war. This volume demonstrates how this success came about. Illustrator(s): Tumer, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 72ill.1col.ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 181 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841767710
ISBN
9781841767710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812968583
ISBN
9780812968583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Domesticity is generally treated as an aspect of women's history. This study of the 19th-century middle class shows how profoundly men's lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal and how they negotiated its many contradictions. It looks at the experience of boyhood, married life, sex, and fatherhood in the early decades of the 19th-century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300123623
ISBN
9780300123623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.98

Hardback. In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. This book intends to alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226812205
ISBN
9780226812205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, early photography, and mass-scale printing, the author looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, popular astronomy, grand opera, positivism, utopian socialism, and the Revolution of 1848. Num Pages: 472 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226214801
ISBN
9780226214801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. The contributors to New Countries examine how eight newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere between 1750 and 1870 played fundamental roles in the global transformation from commercial to industrial capitalism. Editor(s): Tutino, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361336
ISBN
9780822361336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

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