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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges since Gutenberg. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663616
ISBN
9780745663616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.09

Paperback. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JM; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442634619
ISBN
9781442634619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Merchants and Marvels addresses how ideas about the representation of nature, in both art and science, underwent a profound transformation between the age of the Renaissance and the early 1700s. Editor(s): Smith, Pamela H.; Findlen, Paula. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACQ; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415928168
ISBN
9780415928168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.66

Hardcover. During World War II the Merchant Navy played a vital part in evacuations from countries that were overrun. They saved over 90,000 troops from Dunkirk and went on to rescue more than 200,000 from other parts of France. They also manned salvage ships, rescue tugs and other specialist craft. This book tells the story of these achievements. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781550458
ISBN
9781781550458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.68

This new English translation of Merchant Writers includes all the texts from the original Italian edition in their entirety. Moreover, it offers a gripping personal introduction to the mercantile world of medieval and Renaissance Florence. Editor(s): Ciavolella, Massimo; Ballerini, Luigi. Translator(s): Baca, Murtha. Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637146
ISBN
9781442637146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.61

Hardback. Discusses the many measures taken in this period to improve seamen's health and fitness. Num Pages: 234 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839521
ISBN
9781843839521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.47

Paperback. A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780221021
ISBN
9781780221021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 285 images. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JMC; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1198. From 1901 to Today. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JMC; WGCB. Dimension: 289 x 229 x 21. Weight: 1198.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340901
ISBN
9780764340901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.52

Hardcover. Each 96 page, hard cover book in the series is 10 1/2" x 7 5/8" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. Each classic model is presented in its historic and developmental aspects. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour and b&w photographs, drawings, charts. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887402098
ISBN
9780887402098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 212 x 6. Weight in Grams: 280. 100 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGCB. Dimension: 293 x 212 x 6. Weight: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
C P Press
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841557045
ISBN
9781841557045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTP; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483264
ISBN
9780801483264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.30

Hardcover. This book explores the 'mental maps' of leading political figures of the era of two world wars. Chapters focus on those giants whose ideas cast a compelling shadow: Lloyd George, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, Briand and Stresemann, as well as other important figures: Poincare, Atatuerk, BeneA!, Chiang and Mao. Editor(s): Casey, Steven; Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007161
ISBN
9780230007161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. Mental Maps in the Era of Detente and the End of the Cold War recreates the way in which the revolutionary changes of the last phase of the Cold War were perceived by fifteen of its leading figures in the West, East and developing world. Editor(s): Casey, Steven. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBLW; HBTW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137500953
ISBN
9781137500953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.16

Hardcover. The early Cold War was a period of dramatic change. New superpowers emerged, the European powers were eclipsed, colonial empires tottered. Political leaders everywhere had to make immense adjustments. This volume explores their hopes and fears, their sense of their place in the world and of the constraints under which they laboured. Editor(s): Casey, Steven; Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230249066
ISBN
9780230249066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.52

Hardback. Describes the world of mental patients and their doctors in the first half of the twentieth century. This book shows how well-intentioned physicians could rationalize and regard as therapeutic treatments that often had dreadful consequences, and how much the social and cultural world is inscribed within the practice of biological psychiatry. Series: Medicine and Society S. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 3JJ; MBN; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205475
ISBN
9780520205475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.31
€ 53.73

Paperback. Examines the notorious Nazi's life. Num Pages: 408 pages, 41 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815410065
ISBN
9780815410065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. While Brown versus Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez versus Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in federal court. This title provides a concise account of its legal issues and legacy. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JN; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617197
ISBN
9780700617197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.49

Hardcover. Examines Mendelssohn's relationship to the past, shedding light on the construction of historical legacies that, in some cases, served to assert German cultural supremacy only two decades after the composer's death. Editor(s): Thym, Jurgen. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 350 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464741
ISBN
9781580464741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. A historic Holocaust survivor's story: Two young brothers orphaned and separated by the Shoah. Translator(s): Berman, Shulamit. Series: Holocaust Remembrance Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 19. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445658797
ISBN
9781445658797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.06

Hardcover. Charting the growing religious pluralism of British society, this book investigates the diverse formations of masculinity within and across specific religions, regions and immigrant communities. Contributors look beyond conventional realms of worship to examine men's diverse religious cultures in a variety of contexts. Editor(s): Delap, Lucy; Morgan, Sue. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137281746
ISBN
9781137281746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

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