Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. In Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor Tim Lawrence examines the city's party, dance, music, and art culture between 1980 and 1983, tracing the rise, apex, and fall of this inventive, vibrant, and tumultuous scene. Num Pages: 600 pages, 115 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; AVGV; AVRS; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 37. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362029
- ISBN
- 9780822362029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
![Thomas Kitching - Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944] - 9789813065635 - V9789813065635](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9789813065635.jpg "Thomas Kitching - Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944] - 9789813065635 - V9789813065635")
Paperback. Englishman Thomas Kitching died, aged 54, in Changi Prison in April 1944. Interned by the Japanese in 1942, Kitching, who was the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, faithfully kept a diary from December 1941. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813065635
- ISBN
- 9789813065635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.54
€ 33.99
€ 23.54
Hardcover. The story of Lancaster rear gunner W/O Sidney Knott, DFC, Knott survived sixty-four operations, included many 'Battle of the Ruhr' targets. This combination of dramatic narrative and strategic overview includes controversial views about the morality of area bombing and its contribution to victory in Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 108 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781552285
- ISBN
- 9781781552285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.75
€ 33.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. This chronicle recount the history of the collective life of nuns in the convent of Corpus Domini, whose cloistered life was touched by the Great Western Schism and the Council of Constance. The necrology provides details of the lives of nearly 50 nuns who lived and died in the convent. Translator(s): Bornstein, Daniel. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 122 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226717890
- ISBN
- 9780226717890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Somekh, a noted student of modern Arabic culture, relates his life as a university professor and writer, taking the reader to Oxford, Princeton and Cairo, and introducing scholars and writers he befriended: S D Goitein, Mustafa Badawi and Haim Blanc, among others. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 170 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195021
- ISBN
- 9781845195021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardcover. Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwangler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world of money and politics. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 180 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AVA; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464772
- ISBN
- 9781580464772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 59.26
€ 65.36
€ 59.26
Paperback. Novels have been a respectable component of culture for so long that it is difficult for twentieth-century observers to grasp the unease produced by novel reading in the eighteenth century. This title shows how the earliest novels in Britain, published in small-format print media, provoked early instances of the modern anxiety. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212961
- ISBN
- 9780520212961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.02
€ 41.99
€ 30.02
Paperback. A work of an Englishman, a desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the second world war. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 3JJG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292. Travel in a Dead World. 228 pages, Illustrations, maps. A work of an Englishman, a desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the second world war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 3JJG; WTLP. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight: 294.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011338
- ISBN
- 9781906011338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Between 1973 and 1989, various Western powers and Libya were entangled in a seemingly never-ending exchange of blows. Supposedly launched in retaliation for one action or the other, this confrontation resulted in a number of high-profile, even through low-scale, clashes between the Libyan Arab Air Force (LAAF), the US Navy and even the French. Series: Africa@War Series. Num Pages: 80 pages, 130 colour and black & white photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982390
- ISBN
- 9781909982390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
Paperback. While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbours, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year - between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294536
- ISBN
- 9781910294536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658113810
- ISBN
- 9783658113810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 22.84
€ 59.41
€ 22.84
hardcover. George Bobinski's career as a library professional spans 60 epochal years, from 1945 to the present. In this book, he summarizes the major trends and events that have transformed the library world and the profession of librarianship. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; GL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858992
- ISBN
- 9780810858992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.72
€ 108.72
Paperback. Looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. This book shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy and offered exciting opportunities for political action. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16-page section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205251
- ISBN
- 9780300205251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.13
€ 19.99
€ 16.13
Hardback. Concentrating on ideology and cultural values, this text explores the motivations that caused Northerners to fight America's Civil War. The book addresses the intellectual and social elites of Northern society, but also assesses the opinions of the common man on the subject and ideology of war. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217984
- ISBN
- 9780823217984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.95
€ 82.95
Hardback. Few scholars can claim to have shaped the historical study of the long 18th century more than Professor H. T. Dickinson. This collection comprises of contributions from Professor Dickinson's students, friends and colleagues, providing both a range of perspectives on Britain's long 18th century and a tribute to a remarkable scholarly career. Editor(s): Pentland, Gordon; Davis, Dr. Michael T. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black and white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405676
- ISBN
- 9781474405676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
Hardcover. Editor(s): Reuter, Dean; Yoo, John. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038372
- ISBN
- 9781594038372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.41
€ 35.99
€ 32.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483479
- ISBN
- 9780801483479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. Takes the reader on a journey through the American Revolution, exploring the role played by ordinary women and men in shaping events during and after the Revolution. This book also explores their impact on the Founding generation of the new American nation, and finally, how this populist side of the Revolution has fared in public memory. Num Pages: 419 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814796863
- ISBN
- 9780814796863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307282
- ISBN
- 9780226307282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.88
€ 51.99
€ 39.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 40 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300228694
- ISBN
- 9780300228694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.53
€ 23.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, and Britain's role as an imperial power came to an end. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950401
- ISBN
- 9780241950401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974180
- ISBN
- 9780865974180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.65
€ 15.99
€ 12.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974173
- ISBN
- 9780865974173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.69
€ 33.99
€ 24.69
Hardcover. his study argues that permissive legislation facilitated ocal initiative and debate, and that local initiatives were ften more effective than national legislation. Num Pages: 248 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198201755
- ISBN
- 9780198201755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60