Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. This is study and analysis of social and political change in the Taihang Base Area during the key years of the War of Resistance to Japan, which was instrumental to the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JF; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508644
- ISBN
- 9780742508644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.43
€ 211.43
Paperback. Analyzes the various ways in which the nation's newspaper editors, reporters, and war correspondents covered the biggest story of their lives - the Civil War - and in doing so both reflected and shaped the responses of their readers. This book contains sections including Fighting Words, Confederates and Copperheads, and The Union Forever. Editor(s): Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris, Roy. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBWJ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534941
- ISBN
- 9781557534941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.14
€ 32.99
€ 31.14
paperback. A veteran writer on Russia and the Soviet Union explains why Russia refuses to draw the lessons of its past and what this portends for the future Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300192377
- ISBN
- 9780300192377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.64
€ 30.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 42. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Canadian Inst of Ukranian Study Pr
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920862346
- ISBN
- 9780920862346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.13
€ 32.99
€ 24.13
paperback. What drove Russia to its disastrous war with Japan in 1904? This book attempts to find the answer in Russia's erratic and confused diplomacy. It explains how the key to understanding tsarist involvement in East Asia lies in the ideologies of the Russians who competed to impose their visions of imperial destiny on the East. Num Pages: 345 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806129
- ISBN
- 9780875806129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247468
- ISBN
- 9780520247468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardcover. A reading of the letters between Mozart and his father, placing them in the context of the stylized strategies of the 18th-century epistolary tradition. The book argues that the letters reveal a rebelliousness deep within Mozart's life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300075427
- ISBN
- 9780300075427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Intended as a practical guide and an interpretive study, this book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice. Num Pages: 544 pages, 112 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; AVGC3; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415974004
- ISBN
- 9780415974004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. Part biography and part spiritual reading, this book brings to light little-known stories from Mother Teresa's life that will help you to grow in your love of God. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX1; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281077052
- ISBN
- 9780281077052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.50
€ 14.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 black & white plates, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752490083
- ISBN
- 9780752490083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.90
€ 19.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Examines the innovative and technically accomplished nature of Burns' poetry. This book features essays on Burns' special place in Scottish, English and Irish literary culture. It demonstrates how Burns drew on Scottish vernacular traditions, English poetry and 18th-century sentimentalism to create his own, new kind of poetry. Editor(s): Sergeant, David; Stafford, Fiona. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664887
- ISBN
- 9780748664887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Applause Theatre Book Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557836700
- ISBN
- 9781557836700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.06
€ 32.99
€ 31.06
Hardback. From the late fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, the imagination came to be recognized in South Indian culture as the defining feature of human beings. Shulman elucidates the distinctiveness of South Indian theories of the imagination and shows how they differ radically from Western notions of reality and models of the mind. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059917
- ISBN
- 9780674059917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.85€ 54.73
€ 58.85
€ 54.73
Hardcover. Assesses four controversial television programs from the perspective of media history, assessing the censorship present at all four networks and the political and intellectual inertia it produces in broadcast television. This book reinvigorates the subject of free speech in American society. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFD; JFMD; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631507
- ISBN
- 9780815631507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.23
€ 31.23
Paperback. Considering the ways the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have been aestheticized, exploited, and appropriated, this title examines the complex and paradoxical character of American public discourse since then. Calling for a sustained cultural and theoretical analysis, it considers these events with a perspective grounded in the humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; GTC; JMH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 181 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226759395
- ISBN
- 9780226759395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.09
€ 25.99
€ 21.09
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752497686
- ISBN
- 9780752497686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.53
€ 23.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 133 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJP; AMVD; AMX; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679300
- ISBN
- 9780816679300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.29
€ 36.99
€ 34.29
Paperback. Reveals how Cornwallis was able to use his aggressive strategy to great effect and how the overconfidence of the re-formed American forces under Horatio Gates was to result in a shocking defeat on the night of 15 August 1780 - a defeat that would allow Cornwallis to push deep into North Carolina the following year, and more. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 35 b/w; 44 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 269 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472812858
- ISBN
- 9781472812858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.47
€ 27.99
€ 22.47
Paperback. 216 pages, col. Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; 3JD; WQH. Dimension: 195 x 260 x 15. Weight: 586.
- Publisher
- DB Publishing
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Paperback edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780911144
- ISBN
- 9781780911144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.78
€ 19.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. Brings together seminal articles on Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum. * Illuminates the personality of Cromwell and his achievements. * Includes treatments of Ireland and Scotland alongside discussion of England. * Editorial material introduces students to the historiographical issues. . Editor(s): Smith, David Lee. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227250
- ISBN
- 9780631227250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Paperback. This book is an important reassessment of the failure of Germany's 1941 campaign against the Soviet Union. Series: Cambridge Military Histories. Num Pages: 500 pages, 20 b/w illus. 16 maps 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 728. Series: Cambridge Military Histories. 499 pages, 20 b/w illus. 16 maps 2 tables. An important reassessment of the failure of Germany's 1941 campaign against the Soviet Union, first published in 2009. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 154 x 225 x 24. Weight: 768.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 499
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521170154
- ISBN
- 9780521170154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.38
€ 33.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. A major new account of Germany's drive on Moscow in November 1941, one of the key battles of World War II. Num Pages: 480 pages, 25 b/w illus. 18 maps 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107457454
- ISBN
- 9781107457454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.75
€ 23.99
€ 17.75
paperback. An account of one of the largest battles of World War II and its place in Germany's Eastern campaign. Num Pages: 486 pages, 21 b/w illus. 13 maps 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107610149
- ISBN
- 9781107610149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 26.80
€ 34.99
€ 26.80
paperback. Published to accompany a Channel 4 series, Starkey turns the paradox into a person. This new approach to the enigma of Elizabeth's character presents a retelling of her reign, her love for Robert Dudley, the tragi-comedy of her suitors, her epic struggles with Mary and Philip II and the final debacle of her relationship with Robert Devereux. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286578
- ISBN
- 9780099286578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86