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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001295
ISBN
9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001310
ISBN
9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A collection of highly-informed essays offering fresh perspectives on cutting-edge writers, musicians and fimmakers. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; APB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785350245
ISBN
9781785350245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Showcasing IWM's extensive collection, this book includes works from the major artists of the time such as John and Paul Nash, Orpen, Spencer and Singer Sargent, as well less familiar artists, offering an insight into the huge range and power of wartime art during the First World War. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 182 x 7. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Imperial War Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904897897
ISBN
9781904897897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.59

Paperback. A masterful account of the Civil War's turning point in the tradition of James McPherson's Crossroads of Freedom. Num Pages: 512 pages, 10 illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406651
ISBN
9780871406651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Established in 1917 to train Royal Flying Corps aircrew during WWI, Duxford was also the base for two United States Aero Squadrons, 137 and 159, and by the end was a mobilisation airfield for three DH9 day bomber squadrons. This work is suitable for the collector, historian or veteran of the times. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 200 b/w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJ; AJC; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Grub Street United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906502331
ISBN
9781906502331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.67

Paperback. Steigmann-Gall argues that Nazism was neither unrelated to Christianity nor actively opposed to it. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521603522
ISBN
9780521603522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.15

Paperback. Presents powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
9780753519349
ISBN
9780753519349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 936 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBWN; JHBL; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 1425. Weight in Grams: 1569.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
936
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804738804
ISBN
9780804738804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 58.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, 149 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; AJC; HBJK; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1497.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649679
ISBN
9780816649679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611747
ISBN
9780745611747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

hardcover. Examines the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. Based on readings of canonical literary and philosophical texts, the author explores how this confluence led to a rich cross-fertilization between economic and literary thought in Germany between 1770-1850. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988368
ISBN
9780295988368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

paperback. Investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. This book documents the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy and the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988375
ISBN
9780295988375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.66

Paperback. This is a comprehensive introduction to 20th-century Chinese history. It chronicles the important events that happened in China since the abdication of the last Qing Emperor in 1912, and forms a comprehensive cultural history of China since 1911. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638804
ISBN
9780333638804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.40

Paperback. Victorian Britain made sport 'sporting' - respectable, rule-bound and a nationwide obsession. Ancient sports, such as archery and fencing, were revived. New sports, such as tennis and cycling, were invented. Foreign sports, including polo, judo and lacrosse, were imported. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 40 pages, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 106. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806660
ISBN
9780747806660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

Paperback. These essaysexplore the relationship between artistic and technological advances from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. Together they provide a broad definition of technology for this period and address the influence of technological shifts on the history of early modern art. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; ABA; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 277 x 16. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119291688
ISBN
9781119291688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGCB; WSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
McFarland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786478378
ISBN
9780786478378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49

Hardback. The French Republic - with its rallying cry for liberty, equality, and fraternity - emerged in 1870, and by 1880 had developed a coherent republican ideology. This book examines the use of naturalism in the 19th century. It also explores how pictures by artists such as Roll, Lhermitte, and Friant could be read as egalitarian and republican. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 colour images + 200 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 281 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179880
ISBN
9780300179880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.62
€ 59.26

Hardback. aeo The first in depth study of American sexuality at the time of the conquest of the Americas. aeo Sheds new light on conventional ways of examining the sexual relations, mainly between males, encountered by the Spaniards and Portugese entering the Americas during the Conquests. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ; JFSL9; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745607276
ISBN
9780745607276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.78

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802552
ISBN
9780192802552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Richard Twiss' "A Tour in Ireland in 1775", published in the following year, was a controversial book. It enraged the Irish public through its unflattering representation of Ireland and its inhabitants. This book includes a collection of poems in opposition to the book. Editor(s): Finnegan, Rachel. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; DCF; WTLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 119 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558903
ISBN
9781904558903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Hardback. Using archival material from Costa Rica, Mexico, Spain and the United States, this book asserts that US meddling in the internal affairs of Central America stemmed from Washington's assumption that regional political turbulence threatened the operation of the Panama Canal. Series: America in the Modern World. Num Pages: 181 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 3JJG; JPS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842023047
ISBN
9780842023047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.29

Paperback. At 19 years of age, Norman Collins, the author of this memoir lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Editor(s): Van Emden, Richard. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBKSH; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848658
ISBN
9781848848658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473885172
ISBN
9781473885172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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