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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Robert Falcon Scott's 1901-4 expedition to the Antarctic was a landmark event in the history of Antarctic exploration, creating a sensation comparable to the Arctic efforts of the American Robert E Peary. This book studies the purpose, composition, and real accomplishments of the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803216396
ISBN
9780803216396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.04

Paperback. The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. This book focuses on how elite planters gave meaning to existence. It examines the value-laden relationships that led from tobacco to politics, and from agrarian experience to political protest. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089140
ISBN
9780691089140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. Re-examining the long-held belief that the Sixties in Britain were dominated mainly by 'youth' and 'protest', the authors in the collection argue that innovation was everywhere shadowed by conservatism. A decade fascinated by itself and, especially, by the future, it also was tormented by self-doubt and accompanied by a fear of losing the past. Editor(s): Harris, Trevor; O'Brien Castro, Monia. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137374097
ISBN
9781137374097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469706
ISBN
9780226469706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, 12 page of photos and 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307475947
ISBN
9780307475947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.96

Paperback. A lucid intervention in current debates about identity and difference, this book uses the concept of Otherness to look again at both Gothic fiction and Postcolonialism. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137547729
ISBN
9781137547729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Hardback. Provides a key focus for the ongoing debate regarding Scotland's future. This book is drawn from research and exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality. It features debates on the possibilities of Scottish independence. Num Pages: 784 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
784
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718193201
ISBN
9780241394526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of Scotland's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience. Editor(s): Devine, T. M.; Wormald, Jenny. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198713630
ISBN
9780198713630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.05

paperback. Tells the story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. In this book, the author traces the vital part Scotland played in creating an empire - and the fundamental effect this had in moulding the modern Scottish nation. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780718193195
ISBN
9780718193195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. This book provides an introductory perspective on its subject together with detailed studies of the major non-Shakespearean tragedies. It assumes that the central and most disturbing insights of the plays were expressed in terms of the thought patterns of the time. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333463659
ISBN
9780333463659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

Paperback. Examines India's economic history and analyzes its implications for today's country. The authors explore the theoretical results had the country followed different strategies. Chapters focus on trade issues, external factors, and foreign direct investment, and look to the future. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; KCL; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Peterson Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881322804
ISBN
9780881322804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.95

Paperback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002082
ISBN
9780253002082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002150
ISBN
9780253002150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781856354691
ISBN
9781856354691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

Hardcover. Presents correspondence that charts Eliot's intellectual journey towards conversion to the Anglican faith in 1927, as well as his transformation from banker to publisher, ending with his appointment as director of a publishing house of Faber & Gwyer, in late 1925, and the appearance of "Poems 1909-1925". Editor(s): Eliot, Valerie. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 912 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
912
Condition
New
SKU
9780571140817
ISBN
9780571140817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 7.81

Paperback. Put in the wider context of British imperial and diplomatic aims in 1941-1945, the book clarifies the importance of Vietnam to Britain's regional objectives in Southeast Asia; concluding that Churchill was willing to sacrifice French colonial interests in Vietnam for his all-important 'special relationship' with the United States. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298217
ISBN
9780230298217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 52.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816637713
ISBN
9780816637713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Tells the story of the unsung heroes of the Korean War the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. This remarkable air-ground unit shipped out only six days after its creation and activation and yet won every one of its engagements and helped secure the Pusan Perimeter." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618927
ISBN
9780700618927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.93

Paperback. An exploration of Cromwell's government and the political experimentation of the 1650s. Concise and accessible, it does full justice to a decade of momentous upheavals which had a permanent effect on British politics. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 120 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Longman Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582080034
ISBN
9780582080034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 integrated, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784533052
ISBN
9781784533052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.24

Paperback. A sumptuously illustrated history of the Titanic, her sinking and its aftermath. Num Pages: 464 pages, 300. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBG; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647012
ISBN
9781445647012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186246
ISBN
9780140186246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. Retrieved after World War II from metal boxes and milk cans buried beneath the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, the "Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive" was clandestinely compiled between 1940 and 1942 under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. This book describes its contents. Editor(s): Epsztein, Tadeusz; Shapiro, Robert Moses. Num Pages: 568 pages, 92 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 1016. Weight in Grams: 989.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253353276
ISBN
9780253353276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.90

Paperback. Polish director Tadeusz Kantor, who died in 1990 at the age of 75, is widely recognized as one of the most important theatre artists of this century. This title provides us with a collection of Kantor's essays in English, together with the author's analysis of the corpus of Kantor's work, both written and staged. Translator(s): Kobialka, Michal. Num Pages: 456 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; AN; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712. Essays and Manifestos, 1944-1990. 456 pages, 55 illustrations. Polish director Tadeusz Kantor, who died in 1990 at the age of 75, is widely recognized as one of the most important theatre artists of this century. This title provides us with a collection of Kantor's essays in English, together with the author's analysis of the corpus of Kantor's work, both written and staged. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; AN; DNF. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 28. Weight: 728. Translator(s): Kobialka, Michal.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Atre by Michael Kobi ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520084230
ISBN
9780520084230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.50

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