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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
paperback. Covering the period from the Russian parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005, this title is an unflinching record of the plight of millions of Russians and a pitiless report on the cynicism and corruption of Vladimir Putin's Presidency. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523451
- ISBN
- 9780099523451
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.95
€ 21.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. Offers an insider's view of the Chechen War conflict. This work focuses her attention on those caught in the crossfire. It recounts the everyday horrors of living in the midst of war, examines how the Chechen war has damaged Russian society, and takes a look at the ways people on both sides profited from it. Translator(s): Burry, Alexander; Tulchinsky, Tatiana. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226674339
- ISBN
- 9780226674339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.45
€ 23.99
€ 19.45
Paperback. A former KGB spy, Vladimir Putin was named President of Russia in 2000. From the moment he entered the public arena he marketed himself as an open, enlightened leader eager to engage with the West. This book tells the story of Putin's iron grip on Russian life from the individual citizens whose situations have been shaped by his brand of tyranny. Translator(s): Tait, Arch. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; HBJD; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781843430506
- ISBN
- 9781843430506
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 432. Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44. 512 pages. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight: 380.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822418
- ISBN
- 9781408822418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover. Anna Riehl investigates the aesthetic, political, and gender-related meanings inscribed in Queen Elizabeth I's face by her contemporaries. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614956
- ISBN
- 9780230614956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. U.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages color photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514. The Story of Captain Kimberly Hampton, America's First Woman Combat Pilot Killed in Battle. 304 pages, 16 page colour photos. An all-American girl, a top scholar, student body president, ROTC battalion commander, and highly ranked college tennis player; and the first woman combat pilot killed in battle. Told through nearly fifty interviews and her own e-mails to family and friends, and is entwined with Ann Hampton's narrative of loving and losing a child. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWG. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001029
- ISBN
- 9781612001029
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.63
€ 32.99
€ 28.63
Hardback. This study explores the centrality of ideas of public and private in Woolf's life and writing. Drawing on manuscript material and letters to Woolf from her reading public, it offers insights into her feminism, her narrative techniques, her attitudes to publication, and her role in public debate. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760277
- ISBN
- 9780333760277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 x 8 page colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408833643
- ISBN
- 9781408833643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new reading of the English East India Company 1660-1720. It shows how innovative works - covering natural history, ethnography, theology, linguistics, medicine, and agriculture - were created amid early modern struggles for supremacy in Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 3 tables, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTQ; KCZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380197
- ISBN
- 9781137380197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.50
€ 161.50
Hardback. The education of humanity is the key to 21st-century culture, social and practical life. The main concerns of education are perennial, but the continuous flood of inventions, technological innovations that re-shape life, demands a re-appraisal of the situation, such as only philosophy can provide. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 498 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 879.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363194
- ISBN
- 9780792363194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.28
€ 259.28
Hardback. The second of three volumes devoted to phenomenology, existentialism and their unfolding interaction, this book explores the contemporary quests to elucidate rationality based on Kierkegaard's existentialism and on Husserl's phenomenology. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 472 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048129782
- ISBN
- 9789048129782
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Condition: New
€ 380.25
€ 380.25
Paperback. Portrays an Anglo-Irish ascendancy, struggling through the post-war depression aided by drink, horse-racing and religion, and their own idiosyncratic adaptations to modern life. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011024
- ISBN
- 9781906011024
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Deals with the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. This book takes an approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New in Paper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162416
- ISBN
- 9780691162416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Analyses the material culture of passengers' belongings found on the steamboats Bertrand and Arabia, which served nineteenth century emigrants traveling west on the Missouri river. This book is intended as a reference for western artifacts and for steamboats that operated on the Missouri river. Series: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology. Num Pages: 254 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306461682
- ISBN
- 9780306461682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.81
€ 132.81
Paperback. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JM; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442634619
- ISBN
- 9781442634619
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. A collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the Soviet concentration camps. It includes the personal stories of figures such as renowned literary scholar Dmitri Likhachev; Anatoly Marchenko, the son of illiterate labourers; and, American citizen Alexander Dolgun. Editor(s): Applebaum, Anne. Translator(s): Miller, Jane Ann. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177831
- ISBN
- 9780300177831
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.56
€ 17.99
€ 14.56
Paperback. Anne's sister Becky was born in 1958, before most people had even heard of autism. Diagnosed with "emotional disturbance," Becky was subjected to well-meaning but futile efforts at "rehabilitation" or "cure," as well as prolonged spells in institutions. This bittersweet memoir will resonate with everyone interested in autism spectrum conditions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002911
- ISBN
- 9781843108597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. This volume of essays attempts to identify the shared experiences of disabled children and examine the key debates about their care and control. The essays follow a chronological progression while focusing on the practices in a number of different countries. Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138662100
- ISBN
- 9781138662100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life. Editor(s): Hensley, Jeannine. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; DCF; DN; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050273
- ISBN
- 9780674050273
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032804
- ISBN
- 9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.58€ 55.91
€ 60.58
€ 55.91
Hardback. Series: American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532625
- ISBN
- 9780742532625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.84
€ 175.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604563306
- ISBN
- 9781604563306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 35.00
€ 52.99
€ 35.00
Paperback. The adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands. Perfect for fans of SINGLED OUT - a great book club option. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828960
- ISBN
- 9780753828960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Hardcover. Exploring how the early 1970s were years of crucial significance in the bipolar world which prevailed until the collapse of the Soviet Union, this volume reveals this period as a stage of the decomposition of the Soviet empire. Series: East European Monographs S. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334242
- ISBN
- 9780880334242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58