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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. A work on Irish labour history, providing an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. Presenting a challenging overview of labour's past, it addresses industrial relations and political issues of contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544. A new edition of Emmet O'Connor's classic and pioneering work on Irish Labour history, providing an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. O'Connor addresses industrial relations and political issues of contemporary relevance.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359560
ISBN
9781906359560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.00
€ 22.35

Paperback. A Palestinian Melkite priest tells the story of his life spent working for peace and reconciliation among Israeli Jews, Christians and Muslims. From the destruction of his boyhood village to his efforts to build summer camps for children of all religions, his moving story brings hope. Series: Erma Konya Kess Lives of the Just & Virtuous S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BG; GTJ; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268019631
ISBN
9780268019631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. Britain in 1946 witnessed extraordinary episodes of direct action. Tens of thousands of families walked into empty army camps and took them over as places to live. A nationwide squatters' movement was born and it was the first challenge to the 1945 Labour government to come 'from below'. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 260 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850367287
ISBN
9780850367287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.27

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0036482
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Perfect for Woolf enthusiasts and newcomers alike, Brief Lives: Virginia Woolf offers a concise, authoritative account of the author's life, and presents an engaging overview of her afterlife in literary history. Series: Brief Lives. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843919094
ISBN
9781843919094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.79

Paperback. Gives an account of the author's journey by rail through Asia. This work describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. It also shows how he is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189147
ISBN
9780141189147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover.
Publisher
Topography Is Fate: North African Battlefields of World War II Germany
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9783868284041
ISBN
9783868284041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.23

Paperback. Tells the story of the 6th of June, 1944, and the Battle for Normandy. This book features classic accounts by soldiers such as Rommel and Bradley, together with frontline reports by some of the world's finest authors and war correspondents, including Ernest Hemingway and Alan Melville. Editor(s): Lewis, Jon E. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472103987
ISBN
9781472103987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. An introduction to the ideas and writings of the British Idealists. It offers a thorough account of this key philosophical movement. It explores the contribution of British Idealism to contemporary philosophical, political and social debates, emphasising the continuing relevance of the central themes. Series: Guides for the Perplexed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HPCD; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826496782
ISBN
9780826496782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.30

Hardback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752462035
ISBN
9780752462035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.20

Hardback. They were all, by definition, groundless, but they were not all false, and they influenced the classic issues of historical inquiry: the formation of alliances, the making of revolutions, the expropriation of labor and resources, and the origins of war. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 9, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418650
ISBN
9781421418650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFT; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888855
ISBN
9781845888855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.50

Paperback. The vivid and haunting story of Sri Lanka and its brutal thirty-year civil war, from one of India's best new writers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; DNJ; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857895974
ISBN
9780857895974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1929
Edition
Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621411
ISBN
9781909621411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Provides the analysis of the political, religious and social rationale which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688. This book serves as a source of biographical information about hundreds of Huguenot soldiers in British, Dutch and Brandenburg service in the period 1670 to 1700. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW; JWL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191450
ISBN
9781845191450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.43

Hardback. Based on a series of six lectures delivered at the Museo Nacional del Prado in 2012, the author examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Golden Age. His adventures are offered as a model for understanding how art history is shaped by life experiences. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 colour images + 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203967
ISBN
9780300203967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.11

Paperback. A compelling account of the years of political struggle in Egypt unfolding from January 2011 to the summer of 2015 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335513
ISBN
9780745335513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.33

Hardcover. A unique record of South African apartheid by photographer Ian Berry. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 duotone photographs, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; AJC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 258 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1937.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714835235
ISBN
9780714835235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.04

Paperback. This groundbreaking volume explores how post-Arab Spring societies have experienced transitional justice - or not, as the case may be Editor(s): Sriram, Chandra Lekha. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPH; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046497
ISBN
9781849046497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTV2; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137427984
ISBN
9781137427984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.32

Paperback. This text presents an overview of the major events and people that have shaped world politics since the end of the Second World War in 1945, including the Cold War, the fall of communism, and the ascendancy of the nuclear powers. Num Pages: 856 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1466.
Publisher
Pearson
Number of pages
856
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
9th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405899383
ISBN
9781405899383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Hardback. This volume contains a number of the writings categorized under the theme word and faith. Writings in the volume range from core documents Bondage of the Will, Against the Heavenly Prophets, The Smalcald Articles, and Large Catechism to Luther's own Confession of Faith and treatments of Moses, the Gospels, and Two Kinds of Righteousness. Editor(s): Stjerna, Kirsi. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HRAX; HRCC93; HRCX1; HRCX4. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 190 x 41. Weight in Grams: 553.
Publisher
Fortress Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451462708
ISBN
9781451462708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.52

Hardback. Political history of Africa since independence movements Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045155
ISBN
9781849045155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11, 9 black & white halftones, 1 tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479960
ISBN
9780801479960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.63

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