Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Art and Allegiance in the Dutch Golden Age: The Ambitions of a Wealthy...
Margriet Van Eikema Hommes
Paperback. In the early 1650s Ferdinand Bol produced a series of wall-covering paintings. This 'painted chamber' is a unique example of a branch of the art of painting which was extremely popular in the seventeenth century, although hardly any of it now remains. Bol's ensemble has always been surrounded by mysteries. Who was the initial owner, what was the re Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Num Pages: 324 pages, 89 black and white 121 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABC; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 260 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1464. The Ambitions of a Wealthy Widow in a Painted Chamber by Ferdinand Bol. Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. 297 pages, 89 black and white 121 colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABC; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 260 x 260 x 20. Weight: 1464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089643261
- ISBN
- 9789089643261
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Condition: New
€ 82.82
€ 82.82
Paperback. This recollection of the Civil War documents the armies on the move and incorporates biographical sketches and stories of bravery. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 688 pages, 55 photographs, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607488
- ISBN
- 9780700607488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Paperback. Women all on fire Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750937658
- ISBN
- 9780750937658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.01
€ 14.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 126 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 268 x 7. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Panzerwrecks United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780975418307
- ISBN
- 9780975418307
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, nicks and bumps to cover but remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0016347
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A study of the Maroon Wars and the many slave rebellions and revolts in Jamaica. Richard Hart seeks to avoid polemics and emphasizes that the Jamaican rebels forced the British government to reset the agenda for emancipation and the slaves gained their freedom sooner than anticipated. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766401108
- ISBN
- 9789766401108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.55
€ 50.55
Paperback. Our Changing Land reflects on changes in relation to issues of gender, class, poverty, politics, the environment, the media and the Welsh language in post-devolution Wales, and considers the future of the nation. Series: Gender Studies in Wales. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JM; JFS; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783168842
- ISBN
- 9781783168842
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.55
€ 19.99
€ 13.55
Paperback. The amazing, often bizarre, story of Franco's fellow travellers in the war against Republican Spain Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042475
- ISBN
- 9781849042475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.43
€ 26.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. After spending time in the Soviet gulag and pursuing the life of an underground writer, the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was catapulted to international fame with the publication of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in 1962". This reader provides a representative selection of Solzhenitsyn's voluminous works. Editor(s): Ericson, Edward E.; Mahoney, Daniel J. Num Pages: 679 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; DQ; DSBH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935191551
- ISBN
- 9781935191551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.18
€ 34.99
€ 32.18
Paperback. "The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmott's fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature." Num Pages: 520 pages, 35 black and white photographs, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971911
- ISBN
- 9781597971911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.27
€ 47.27
Paperback. Presenting accounts of the looting of Baghdad and his encounters with ordinary Iraqis all over the country, the author offers an inspirational account of Iraq after Saddam. Translator(s): West, John. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863566493
- ISBN
- 9780863566493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.72
€ 15.99
€ 15.72
Paperback. Moving Forward, Looking Back is the first concise and critical overview of the European film avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Film Culture in Transition. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789053569603
- ISBN
- 9789053569603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.65
€ 23.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPN; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780609810309
- ISBN
- 9780609810309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.86
€ 16.99
€ 16.86
Hardback. A chronicle of the life and work of Ernst Neizvestny, the great Russian sculptor and philosopher of art who survived the Soviet police state to become a folk hero to his people. The volume is based on research in the Soviet archives and on interviews with Neizvestny and his family and friends. Num Pages: 480 pages, 75 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; ACX; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 28. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520585
- ISBN
- 9780742520585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.40
€ 108.40
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the preparation of the French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, as well as a study of the changing quality of command and control within the army. This book explores the role of the French infantry at the apex of their powers and their role in these key battles. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846032783
- ISBN
- 9781846032783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006904
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Matt Frei, the BBC's former Washington correspondent, goes under the skin of the nation's capital to unravel the paradoxes of the world's last remaining superpower.The paperback has been fully updated to provide a unique view into the weird, wonderful and totally bizarre workings of America's political world and the 2008 Presidential election. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KCG0001183
- ISBN
- 9780007248933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A revised and updated edition of this introduction to social welfare in contemporary Britain. It considers the central questions which have emerged from the break-up of the post-war political consensus around the welfare state and explores the different political and theoretical issues involved. Editor(s): Loney, Martin; Bocock, Robert; Clarke, John H.; Cochrane, Allan Douglas; Graham, Peggotty A. M.; Wilson, Michael J. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Martin Loney . [et al.]. 360 p. ill. 23 cm. Associated Names: Loney, Martin,. Associated Dates: 1944-. Paperback. As new. 2nd ed." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Social & Economic History - Health & Welfare,Subjects - Business, Finan"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0161869
- ISBN
- 9780803986428
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of elders - once wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940s - tell readers what it was really like to grow up in an orphanage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press Alabama
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0211643
- ISBN
- 9780817307813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. This text examines how capitalism affected the culture of literature, publishing, book markets and readership in the turn-of-the-century Russia and the Kingdom of Poland. It draws parallels with and assesses literary developments in Russia and Poland in the late 20th century. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; 2AGP; 2AGR; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367. Large format paperback.Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0211911
- ISBN
- 9780822956792
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220096
- ISBN
- 9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. "Adams writes fluently and observantly .. He displays a hard-edged compassion for the silent poor, the old and the down-and-out." Financial Times Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294. As new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Brandon Kerry
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220857
- ISBN
- 9780863222337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Adams writes fluently and observantly .. He displays a hard-edged compassion for the silent poor, the old and the down-and-out." Financial Times Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294. As new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Brandon Kerry
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220858
- ISBN
- 9780863222337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Adams writes fluently and observantly .. He displays a hard-edged compassion for the silent poor, the old and the down-and-out." Financial Times Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294. As new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Brandon Kerry
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220859
- ISBN
- 9780863222337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99