Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. The story of the fourteen men - largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book - who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762778485
- ISBN
- 9780762778485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.26
€ 25.99
€ 21.26
Paperback. What happens when poetry deals explicitly with a serious theological issue? In this text, Jim Rhodes seeks one answer to that question by analyzing the symbiotic relationship that existed between theology and poetry in 14th-century England. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; DSC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038700
- ISBN
- 9780268038700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.75
€ 46.99
€ 41.75
Paperback. In a mountain resort in the Alps, Hitler built his 'Eagle's Nest' from which he conceived and directed the war. Skiing resorts were turned into training centres for mountain warfare, plans were made to invade Switzerland, and concentration camps were seeded. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DFHA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571282395
- ISBN
- 9780571282395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811712224
- ISBN
- 9780811712224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.76
€ 25.99
€ 20.76
Paperback. A unique chronicle of an American navy family's life during the Vietnam war years. The book recounts the story of the Stockdale family, including Jim Stockdale's seven years as a prisoner-of-war after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and his wife Sybil's work negotiating for POW's. Num Pages: 576 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557507846
- ISBN
- 9781557507846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.77
€ 34.99
€ 32.77
hardcover. A survey of governmental industrial policy in Britain from 1900 to 1990, revealing both the macroeconomic context of such policy and the microeconomic effects. Dr Tomlinson is a reputable scholar of government policy over this period, and this book illuminates both the formation of policy, and the capacity of each government to fulfil its aims. Num Pages: 470 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; KCC; KCZ; KFFD; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780198287490
- ISBN
- 9780198287490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.98
€ 92.98
paperback. A comprehensive account of British economic policy since 1900, covering both macro and micro issues. Offers both a coherent analysis and a clear narrative description of policy-making through the century. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 392 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780198287742
- ISBN
- 9780198287742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517902582
- ISBN
- 9781517902582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. An illuminating biography that reveals the real man behind the title 'The World's Most Famous Vet'. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; BG; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140268812
- ISBN
- 9780140268812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Reveals the true story of how close to annihilation the UK came during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473886650
- ISBN
- 9781473886650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.95
€ 31.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JJP; HBTW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 8. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956383
- ISBN
- 9780750956383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.59
€ 20.99
€ 19.59
Paperback. Jimmy Boyle grew up in Glasgow's Gorbals. All around him the world was drinking, fighting and thieving. To survive, he too had to fight and steal.. Kids' gangs led to trouble with the police. Thankfully, Jimmy was able to turn his life around inside the prison walls and eventually released on parole. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; AFKB; AGB; BM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785033032
- ISBN
- 9781785033032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.53
€ 21.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. In 1940, against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain, 66 Squadron's commanding officer, Squadron Leader Athol Forbes, asked ten of his pilots to record their experiences of flying one of the greatest aerial battles ever waged. This title presents the accounts of pilot officers and sergeant pilots from various walks of life. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456430
- ISBN
- 9780752456430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naive tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism's sake, World Beats Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688986
- ISBN
- 9781611688986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.94
€ 49.99
€ 38.94
Hardback. This book illustrates the unnaturalness of modern science and technology by tracing their cognitive, evolutionary, and religious origins. It elaborates that all premodern knowers faced inherent limits, and the West was able to develop modern science and technology because of its inherent contradictions forcing the transcendence of limitations. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3J; HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527936
- ISBN
- 9781137527936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.54
€ 112.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988443
- ISBN
- 9780295988443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.12
€ 36.99
€ 34.12
Hardcover. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937014
- ISBN
- 9780813937014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Paperback. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937021
- ISBN
- 9780813937021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.15
€ 35.15
paperback. Looking at the history of communist China as a history of consciousness, this book makes an innovative departure from previous studies. It charts a journey that led from utopianism to nihilism and then to the hedonism and consumerism that pervade China today. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5193 x 3233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723732
- ISBN
- 9780804723732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
hardcover. Looking at the history of communist China as a history of consciousness, this book makes an innovative departure from previous studies. It charts a journey that led from utopianism to nihilism and then to the hedonism and consumerism that pervade China today. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723541
- ISBN
- 9780804723541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.85
€ 117.85
Paperback. Contemporary American began in the first two decades of this century. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393956559
- ISBN
- 9780393956559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
€ 25.99
€ 24.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; 3JJF; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956512
- ISBN
- 9780750956512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Find out all the really important things about the Second World War with this brilliant book of questions and answers in association with Imperial War Museums. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 5AK; YNH; YNJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447226185
- ISBN
- 9781447226185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.80
€ 8.99
€ 7.80
Paperback. A searingly honest and moving memoir of a young woman's political awakening and disillusionment, and a gripping first-person account of life in Communist Czechoslovakia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847083388
- ISBN
- 9781847083388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97