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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. Lady Ursula d'Abo's memoirs of her uniquely glamorous life make riveting reading. Her vivid accounts include life at Belvoir Castle, her role in the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 and her close friendships with men as varied as Rex Whistler, the Maharajah of Jaipur and Paul Getty. Editor(s): Watkin, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
d'Abo Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907991097
ISBN
9781907991097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Series: Nordic Film Classics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 18 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; 3JM; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998251
ISBN
9780295998251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

Paperback. A detailed biography, using material not previously available, of the English composer who was at the centre of musical events in England for sixty years. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, frontispiece, 16 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192820822
ISBN
9780192820822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.62

Hardback. Examines the visual arts within the Portuguese empire between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. With a focus on the appropriation of Portuguese-Christian art within the colonies, this book looks at how these and other objects could be staged to generate layers of meaning. Num Pages: 384 pages, 60 colour plates, 120 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9783037347423
ISBN
9783037347423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78
€ 55.87

Paperback. Focusing on Ottoman Lebanon, this title shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country. It challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an Islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups. Num Pages: 274 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1QDT; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; HRAM9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218468
ISBN
9780520218468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.22

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; HRCC99; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446214
ISBN
9780801446214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.00

Hardback. Fig-2 brings together material from the eponymous arts programme staged at ICA Studio in 2015. Fig-2 staged 50 week-long residencies with contemporary artists, with the artists only announced the week before their exhibition. The book includes a series of interviews, curatorial texts and images of the work or performance in situ. Editor(s): Fatos, Ustek. BIC Classification: 3JMG; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Blackdog Press
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911164395
ISBN
9781911164395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.72

Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, Germans on both sides of the iron curtain fought vehemently over American cultural imports. This title traces how westerns, jeans, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and stars like Marlon Brando or Elvis Presley reached adolescents in both Germanies, who eagerly adopted the different styles. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 346 pages, 26 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211391
ISBN
9780520211391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

Hardback. * A wide--ranging and engagingly written social history of the duel* Presents a new argument: that the duel didna t die out in the 19th century as was previously thought, but continued until the 1st World War and beyond* A topic of potential media interest; it should be widely reviewed. . Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611976
ISBN
9780745611976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.43

Hardback. A systematic coverage of Yemen's history by an authority on the country. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780769462
ISBN
9781780769462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.65
€ 135.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HRAC; HRAM2; JFSR1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 302 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178266
ISBN
9780231178266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 50.14

Hardcover. A survey of the phenomena of the 1900s and the first years of the new millennium. It analyses and presents the hugely diverse world of artistic production between the two world wars, taking into consideration not only the environment that took shape in the immediate wake of the First World War, but also the evolution of an avant-garde. Series: Art of the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 448 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 226 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2402.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788876248047
ISBN
9788876248047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.32

Paperback. This anthology is a guide to the Modernist movement in literature providing students, researchers and teachers of Modernism with a comprehensive documentary resource. Covering a wide range of intellectual concerns of the period 1850-1940 in Britain, Europe and America the anthology brings together contemporary essays, reviews, articles and manifestos of the political and aesthetic avant-garde. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Goldman, Jane A.; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609734
ISBN
9780748609734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; 3JJPR; 3JM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619425422
ISBN
9781619425422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.18
€ 106.57

Paperback. The first serious collection of Lenin's writings for decades. Editor Paul Le Blanc argues that Lenin was committed to democracy. Editor(s): Le Blanc, Paul. Series: Get Political. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327600
ISBN
9780745327600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery -- essential reading for anyone interested in American history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522946
ISBN
9780330522946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.32

Paperback. This is the first study of the aims that motivated the major powers -- the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Germany and Japan -- to fight in the Second World War. Series: Societies at War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615032
ISBN
9780748615032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.86

Paperback. There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based largely on the author's experiences. Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitement - all are built into a vigorous and authentic structure by one of the pilots of the then Royal Flying Corps. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Grub Street United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904010654
ISBN
9781904010654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Describes the development of the Czech-German national controversies from the mid-nineteenth century through the establishing of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 and finally to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVKC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024621449
ISBN
9788024621449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 247 x 11. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119942535
ISBN
9781119942535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.24

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