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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. Living in Palestine as the wife of the British Attorney-General, Helen Bentwich was immersed in the politics and society of the early years of the British Mandate. This selection of her letters to her mother mixes political comment with details of personal life and gossip. Num Pages: 192 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJG; BG; HBG; HBJF1; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860643491
ISBN
9781860643491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.09
€ 53.95

Paperback. The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage that resonate in our own time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC9; AVH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199655267
ISBN
9780199655267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.12

Hardback. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex is the first in-depth study of the Open Skies policy and essential reading for historians of the Cold War and the International Relations of the United States. Series: Library of Modern American History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 221 x 29. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780762791
ISBN
9781780762791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.83
€ 125.03

Paperback. Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who ever lived, but during the settlement of Jamestown, and for 2 centuries afterward, the great chiefs Powhatan and Opechancanough were the subjects of considerably more interest and historical documentation than the young woman. This book provides the biographies of these three important figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925967
ISBN
9780813925967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.89

Paperback. In medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and the King was the ruler of all. How, then, could royal power lie in female hands? This title offers the stories of four exceptional women who, while never reigning queens, held great power: Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237067
ISBN
9780571237067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. This book examines the study of natural history in the Spanish Empire in the years, 1750-1850, taking a transatlantic approach to the history of science. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084935
ISBN
9780719084935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.05

Paperback. Series: Read and Learn: Important Events in History. Num Pages: 24 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 5AF; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 193 x 220 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Capstone Global Library Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474714464
ISBN
9781474714464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.83

Paperback. An insight into the impact GIs had on the British during the Second World War - from stockings to gum Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
122
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752450230
ISBN
9780752450230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752461793
ISBN
9780752461793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.31

Hardback. Reveals the impact of Tanzania's land law reforms and the ways in which women's rights to land ownership have been overridden in spite of law. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFSJ1; JPVH3; LNSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011138
ISBN
9781847011138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.00

Hardback. What did it mean to run a large, commercialized agrarian polity according to the best Confucian principles? This book is intended as a contribution to both intellectual and political history. It offers a detailed view of members of an ostensibly Confucian government pursuing divergent agendas around the question of "state or merchant?" Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; JP; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 44. Weight in Grams: 888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022621
ISBN
9780674022621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.31
€ 49.38

Paperback. The second in the terrifying DI Callanach crime series. Fans of M.J. Arlidge will be hooked from the very first page. Series: A DI Callanach Thriller. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JMG; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008181581
ISBN
9780008181581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; BGA; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180966
ISBN
9780008180966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. The second volume of Helen Forrester's powerful, painful and ultimately uplifting four-volume autobiography of her poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; BGA; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180959
ISBN
9780008180959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. The third volume in the classic story of Helen Forrester's childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; BGA; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180935
ISBN
9780008180935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. The fourth and final part of Helen Forrester's bestselling autobiography continues the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of the war years in Blitz-torn Liverpool Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJH; BGA; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180942
ISBN
9780008180942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Hardcover. Investigates women's employment in the British Civil Service and London County Council during the twentieth century, providing a new perspective on the development of the women's movement. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090271
ISBN
9780719090271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.88

Paperback. In Spain today the civil war remains 'the past that will not pass away'. The author explores the origins, nature and long-term consequences of this exterminatory war in Spain, charting the resonant forms of political, social and cultural resistance to it and the memory/legacy these have left behind in Europe and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195113
ISBN
9781845195113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.40

Paperback. Amid the catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination. The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction provides a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and an international scale. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803771
ISBN
9780192803771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardback. Did William Shakespeare ever meet Queen Elizabeth I? This title explores the history of invented encounters between the poet and the Queen, and examines how and why the mythology of these two charismatic and enduring cultural icons has been intertwined in British and American culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128061
ISBN
9780691128061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.09
€ 46.13

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