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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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
€ 46.20

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
€ 11.86

Paperback. In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007436019
ISBN
9780007436019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

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

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

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
€ 26.81

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
€ 14.50

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
€ 9.95

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

€ 57.97
€ 45.80

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
€ 18.32

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
€ 32.42

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
€ 29.60

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
€ 30.83

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

€ 56.78
€ 52.32

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
€ 28.79

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
€ 26.28

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
€ 15.80

Paperback. Life of the eccentric landlord who founded the movement for the protection of animals Num Pages: 317 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 414. Good clean copy. Showing light age, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028822
ISBN
9780946640362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; JPFC; JPL; JPWQ; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634858335
ISBN
9781634858335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 288.64
€ 214.97

Hardback. In early modern Britain, there was an argument that war at sea, especially war in Spanish America, was an ideal means of warfare, offering the prospect of rich gains at relatively little cost whilst inflicting considerable damage on enemy financial resources. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838623
ISBN
9781843838623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

Hardback. In the closing months of the Bush administration, bewildered Americans overwhelmingly responded to its disastrous domestic and foreign policies with a single question: How did this happen? This work explores the administration's key players to explain what happened - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758185
ISBN
9780804758185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.70

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