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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Tells the Home Guard's story, using original training manuals, photographs, and memoirs, and covers various aspects of their history. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9780747807513
ISBN
9780747807513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Hardback. The Old Vic, one of the world's great theatres, opened in 1818 with rowdy melodrama and continued with Edmund Kean in Richard III howled down by the audience. One impresario, among the first of thirteen to go bankrupt there, fled to Milan and ran La Scala. In 1848 a chorus girl tried to murder the leading lady. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; AN; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311255
ISBN
9780571311255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008220099
ISBN
9780008220099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

paperback. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Translator(s): Davies, Angela. Num Pages: 227 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288. The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century. 227 pages, 74 illustrations. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight: 270. Translator(s): Davies, Angela.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
227
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203549
ISBN
9780520203549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.64

Hardcover. The tribal unrest-stirred up by fanatical Islamic religious leaders calling for Jihad against the British-that erupted along the North West Frontier of India in 1897. It was a short but sharp period of violence that would see the award of no fewer than eleven VCs, in what was the most serious challenge to the Empire since the Indian Mutiny. Num Pages: 272 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555408
ISBN
9781781555408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 286. .
Publisher
Steidl
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783869308067
ISBN
9783869308067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.10

Paperback. The definitive account of life on the Home Front during the Second World War, which was published in 2004 to universal critical acclaim. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16pp b/w, 8pp colour, 24 integrated chapter-opener illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
REVIEW (HEADLINE)
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755310289
ISBN
9780755310289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. This title offers a true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps/diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJPK; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298. An Adventure That Went Wrong. 224 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps/diagrams. In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. This title offers a true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJPK; BTP; WSZG. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight: 300.
Publisher
Golden Arrow Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957054301
ISBN
9780957054301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Bohls, Elizabeth A.; Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537525
ISBN
9780199537525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956478764
ISBN
9780956478764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.69

Paperback. Focuses on the airport between October 1940 and August 1944, from when it became a fighter station in its own right, to it becoming an armament practice camp later in the war. This title describes the manning and maintenance of the forward fighter station, and follows the varying fortunes of the staff and personnel who were posted there. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752470030
ISBN
9780752470030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-siecle Vienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 216 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; ACV; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 294 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1358.
Publisher
National Gallery London
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095616
ISBN
9781857095616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. A New York memoir of an unfettered childhood in the Lower East Side of the 1980s Num Pages: 464 pages, Integrated b&w photos supplied and cleared for our use by the US publisher. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005638
ISBN
9780349005638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A unique and remarkable account of the war in Chechnya by the internationally acclaimed author of Siberian Education Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282. A Sniper's Story from Chechnya. 416 pages. A unique and remarkable account of the war in Chechnya by the internationally acclaimed author of Siberian Education. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight: 282. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847679727
ISBN
9781847679727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143125990
ISBN
9780143125990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore. This book tells about the campaign carried by the Japanese forces in the Pacific region. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472810601
ISBN
9781472810601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Series: Poetry They Didn't Let You Read. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 colour plates, 20 colour illustrations, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; DCF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752492087
ISBN
9780752492087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The Tudor era belongs to its women. No other period of English History has produced so many notable and interesting women, and into other period have they so powerfully influenced the course of political events. Mary Tudor, Elizabeth 1 and, at moments of high drama, Mary Queen of Scots Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750928809
ISBN
9780750928809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. A selection of Popper's writings on his main preoccupations towards the end of his life. Illuminates his process of working on his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415249928
ISBN
9780415249928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.30

Hardback. Memoir of the highest-ranking prisoner detained by the Tamil Tigers during Sri Lanka's civil war Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JMC; BM; HBJF; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046404
ISBN
9781849046404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.33

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