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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The No. 1 bestselling true story of Battalion Commander Richard Picciotto who, on 11 September, survived the collapse of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JM; BTP; JKSW2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 22. Weight in Grams: 186.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KNW0009763
ISBN
9780752849416
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Remembrance of a once-thriving Jewish culture in Slovakia Num Pages: 128 pages, 39 color illus., 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJH; AJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 243 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253223777
ISBN
9780253223777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. Drawing on archival research and interviews with directors, writers, and editors, Last Features is the story of forgotten films made during the time of German unification. Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPN; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135551
ISBN
9781571135551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 52. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
816
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828021
ISBN
9780753828021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Filtered through some of its colourful and eccentric inhabitants, from Lady Caroline Lamb in the 18th-century to Princess Diana in the 20th, this work is a portrait of Britain as both empire and the customs and certainties of the old order came to an end. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228607
ISBN
9780571228607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 211 x 31. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Dexter Haven
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903660218
ISBN
9781903660218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Dexter Haven
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903660201
ISBN
9781903660201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; BGF; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Three Rooms Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941110188
ISBN
9781941110188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294482
ISBN
9781910294482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Hardback. Cases of mutiny and other forms of protest are used to reveal full and interesting details of lascar shipboard life. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 254 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270385
ISBN
9781783270385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. This work compares extreme rightist organizations, ideas, and actions in different national settings in Latin America. The right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile has changed over time and has contained moderate and extreme factions. Num Pages: 512 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745994
ISBN
9780804745994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

hardcover. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732086
ISBN
9780804732086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.52

Hardback. Selected Contributed Papers of the Tenth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Florence, August 1995 Editor(s): Dalla Chiara, Maria Luisa; Guintini, Roberto (University of Cagliari, Italy); Laudisa, Frederico (University of Florence, Italy). Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792357278
ISBN
9780792357278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.79

paperback. What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; CFB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220691
ISBN
9780253220691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Originally published in English: London; New Brunswick, N.J.: Athlone Press, 2000. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; CFF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472507211
ISBN
9781472507211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.96

Hardback. For the first time, historians, anthropologists, literature specialists, and linguists have come together to reflect, in the fifteen original essays presented in this volume, on the various modes of contact and communication that took place between the Europeans and the "Natives." Editor(s): Gray, Edward G.; Fiering, Norman. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 figures, 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3J; GTC; HB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812100
ISBN
9781571812100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.57

This book presents a detailed survey of language attitudes, conflicts and policies over the period from 1830, when the French occupied Algeria, up to 2012, the year this country celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence. It traces the evolution of language planning policies and reactions to them in both the colonial and post-colonial eras. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; CFB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847699640
ISBN
9781847699640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.82

Paperback. Examines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; CFB; HBJH; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699940
ISBN
9780748699940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Hardback. Historians and students of Russian culture agree that the creation of a Russian literary language was key to the formation of a modern secular culture. This title traces the growth of a vernacular language from the 'hybrid Slavonic' of the late seventeenth century through the debates between 'archaists and innovators' of the early 19th century. Translator(s): Levitt, Marcus. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 534 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843123
ISBN
9781934843123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.10

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. This volume is an ambitious study of efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape-either through social policy or brute force-their societies and populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746304
ISBN
9780804746304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Hardback. This volume is an ambitious study of efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape-either through social policy or brute force-their societies and populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746229
ISBN
9780804746229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.42

Paperback. As a child, the distinguished historian the author was sent first to the ghetto of Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. As one of the few survivors he has spent much of his life studying Nazism and the Holocaust, but always as a discipline requiring the greatest coldness and objectivity, with his story set to one side. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718197025
ISBN
9780718197025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perceived economic stability and those most concerned to preserve the quality of the state's natural resources and the environment in which its citizens live. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJP; HBTB; KCN; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990439
ISBN
9780295990439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

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