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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Using the tools of medicine, literary theory, psychology, psychoanalysis, and etymology, this book probes the breast-related fantasies underlying German culture and literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is intended for those interested in German textual studies, the history of sexuality, and theories of psychoanalysis. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986111
ISBN
9780295986111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138253155
ISBN
9781138253155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. Simon Schama, the author of Landscape and Memory and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the 'speculations' surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087324
ISBN
9781847087324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141017273
ISBN
9780141017273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Presents the story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. This title follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099536079
ISBN
9780099536079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. A reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780-1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Num Pages: 768 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 194 x 50. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006861560
ISBN
9780006861560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

paperback. From the beginning of July 1637, battles raged on for 200 years - both at home and abroad, on sea and on land, up and down the length of burgeoning Britain, across Europe, America and India. This book explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change - transforming outlooks, allegiances and boundaries. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847920133
ISBN
9781847920133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 24.29

Paperback. The internationally bestselling epic history of Russia's imperial dynasty Num Pages: 736 pages, 4x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 280 x 44. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474600873
ISBN
9781474600873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. Why do the Chinese sometimes speak out against U.S. and yet at other times, remain silent? This book uses a variety of previously untapped sources, including a range of news sources within China itself, weblogs, and interviews with prominent figures, to make a powerful new argument about the causes and consequences of the new Chinese nationalism. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JMC; JPFN; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230549395
ISBN
9780230549395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292127255
ISBN
9781292127255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.84

Hardcover. A re-exploration of the historic journey made by the first man to walk the Alps from 'end to end' Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrationsstratiosn, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; 3JH; BGH; WSZC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493804
ISBN
9781908493804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Hardback. This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain s leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants of central Mexico. Editor(s): Varey, Simon. Translator(s): Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Chabran, Rafael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line diagram 65 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 25. Weight in Grams: 945.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804739634
ISBN
9780804739634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Wendt, Simon. Num Pages: 294 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; BTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 28. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593506173
ISBN
9783593506173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 46.16

Hardback. Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World sheds new light on the interrelationship between gender and the nation, focusing on the role of masculinities in various processes of nation-building in the modern world between 1800 and the 1960s. Editor(s): Wendt, Simon. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ2; JHMC; JMG; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137536099
ISBN
9781137536099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm. Illustrator(s): Vannithone, Soun. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFFC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141005171
ISBN
9780141005171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Danubia is the brilliant and entertaining companion to the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Germania. It was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522793
ISBN
9780330522793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

hardcover. Editor(s): Simon, John Y.; Stevens, Michael E. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780945612629
ISBN
9780945612629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.84

Hardback. Editor(s): Turchetti, Simone. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; JFCX; PDK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137578167
ISBN
9781137578167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.40

Hardback. In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Simone presents the story of how she overcame early childhood challenges to become the most decorated US female gymnast and the only female gymnast to ever win three consecutive World Championship titles. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSL. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 242 x 193 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition/First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310759669
ISBN
9780310759669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.54

Hardcover. This study offers an analysis of the technological and entrepreneurial features of the Victorian telegraph service, together with the companies which ran it until nationalization in 1869. It shows a historical reconstruction mainly based on original and unedited documents belonging to a variety of archives. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTK; KJVN; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137406514
ISBN
9781137406514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Editor(s): Gigliotti, Simone. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Condition
New
SKU
9781472527110
ISBN
9781472527110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 7.81

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 figures, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 3JH; TBX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174329
ISBN
9780231174329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Hardback. Italian Academies have typically been studied individually or in the context of specific cities, leaving an important lacuna in the scholarship on Italian culture and early modernity. Cutting across various disciplines, this volume traces the relationships of these Academies and explains how they prefigured networks like the Republique des letters. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBTB; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438409
ISBN
9781137438409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.10

Hardcover. Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the environmental sciences during and after the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTW; PDX; RGY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438720
ISBN
9781137438720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

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