×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Results 14061 - 14080 of 20330

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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
€ 12.91

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
€ 14.28

Hardcover. The Great Rebellion claimed tens of thousands of lives and traumatized imperial psyches for decades. This work delves into the fractious relations between Indian communities and their clergy and the role that such tensions played as a major causal factor in the rebellion. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSR; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HRCX1; JFSL9; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631187
ISBN
9780815631187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.08

Paperback. The Great Rebellion claimed tens of thousands of lives and traumatized imperial psyches for decades. This work delves into the fractious relations between Indian communities and their clergy and the role that such tensions played as a major causal factor in the rebellion. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSR; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HRCX1; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631422
ISBN
9780815631422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.11

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

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

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
€ 24.98

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.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539872
ISBN
9780099539872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Shows how children experienced the Second World War under the Nazis. Children were often the victims in this most terrible of European conflicts. But, children also became active participants, going out to smuggle food, ply the black market, and care for sick parents and siblings. This book offers a fresh interpretation of the Nazi social order. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844130856
ISBN
9781844130856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.20

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

€ 113.80

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

€ 62.09
€ 57.14

Paperback. Explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. This title reveals that there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploitation. Num Pages: 356 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180565
ISBN
9780300180565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State - now fully revised to cover Blair's first term. Lively writing in the style of Peter Hennessy. Num Pages: 720 pages, 22 b/w plates, With index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; JFF; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007102648
ISBN
9780007102648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. A lively and engaging introduction to one of the most charismatic figures in the history of British art, G.F. Watts. Covering all aspects of Watts's career, it places him back at the centre of the visual culture of the 19th century. Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; AFC; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 242 x 13. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911300076
ISBN
9781911300076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military Photo Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 300 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1MKPH; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 278 x 12. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811718387
ISBN
9780811718387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408245637
ISBN
9781408245637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.92

Paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 307.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181850
ISBN
9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. Nick's parents purchased an old Thames sailing barge. It was an unusual choice of a home in a time when new houses were in demand after Second World War. Nick was lucky to be brought up on board, moving school as the barge moved from port to port on the Medway and Thames. The barge was overhauled by Nick's parents, but the children helped too. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442259
ISBN
9780752442259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.31

Paperback. An Epic of Whitehall and the South Atlantic Conflict. This is the story of HMS Endurance before, during and after the Falklands conflict. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850528794
ISBN
9780850528794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. This work takes us back to the primal scene of the 1960s and asks: what happened when young people got high and listened to rock as if it really mattered - as if it offered meaning and sustenance, not just escape and entertainment? Num Pages: 210 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075624
ISBN
9780226075624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
illustrated edition
Publisher
Sanctuary London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRS0019203
ISBN
9781860745126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!