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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. An exploration into representations of the Amazon, and how they were essential to homoerotic and heterosexual social constructions in early English texts. This book takes up a range of literary, historical, and theoretical texts in order to examine the relationship between Amazon myth and the social conventions that governed gender and sexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325994
- ISBN
- 9780822325994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. The powerful story of the Red Army's battle of liberation against the Nazi invader - from Stalingrad all the way to Berlin. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848542310
- ISBN
- 9781848542310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
hardcover. Covers the Second World War operations of the Royal Navy in one concise and affordable volume. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pages black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473844643
- ISBN
- 9781473844643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.29
€ 29.99
€ 8.29
Paperback. This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAB; JFCX; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757544
- ISBN
- 9780226757544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Series: War Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; APFA; HBJK; HBLX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564029
- ISBN
- 9780813564029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Hardback. Looks at the relationship between torture and colonial domination through a examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. This book presents an anatomy of torture - its methods, justifications, functions, and consequences. It also shows how torture was central to guerre revolutionnaire. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JJPG; HBW; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131351
- ISBN
- 9780691131351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.98€ 55.55
€ 70.98
€ 55.55
Paperback. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBA; 3JJP; 3JM; JKVP; JPVH; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 195 x 2. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173481
- ISBN
- 9780691173481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, this crisply written book provides an account of how European legal systems became dependent on the use of torture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBT; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468945
- ISBN
- 9780226468945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Hardback. Travel with Toronto's 75th Battalion to Niagara, England and to the First World War zone in Belgium and France and witness how ordinary young men carried out extraordinary deeds through the terror and horror of the first global conflict. Foreword by His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales. Num Pages: 340 pages, colour illus & maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771121828
- ISBN
- 9781771121828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.04
€ 80.04
Hardback. Toronto, the Belfast of Canada explores the intolerant origins of today's cosmopolitan city. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646872
- ISBN
- 9781442646872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.77
€ 78.77
Hardback. Following in the wake of Javelin: An Operational History this new release from Mike Napier approaches the subject of the Tornado GR1 from the perspective of the RAF squadrons that actually operated the aircraft. Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473873025
- ISBN
- 9781473873025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.46
€ 33.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125314
- ISBN
- 9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about the First World War is why did winning take so long and exact so appalling a human cost? The author argues that from day one of the war Britain was wrong-footed by absurdly faulty French military doctrine and paid, as a result, an unnecessarily high price in casualties. Num Pages: 400 pages, B & W and colour photos, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553818666
- ISBN
- 9780553818666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271764
- ISBN
- 9780823271764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268757
- ISBN
- 9780823268757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.10
€ 160.10
Paperback. British Commando George Thomsen's action-filled account of combat during the Falklands War. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BM; BTM; HBWS; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268. The True Story of a Royal Marine Commando. 176 pages, 32 illustrations (19 in colour). British Commando George Thomsen's action-filled account of combat during the Falklands War. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BM; BTM; HBWS; JWH. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight: 184.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445606200
- ISBN
- 9781445606200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.53
€ 13.00
€ 12.53
Paperback. Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. This book reveals the truth behind the author's love affairs with the glamorous aviatrix Beryl Markham, and - famously - with Karen Blixen, a romance immortalized in her memoir Out of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099450276
- ISBN
- 9780099450276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. This book concerns the young men who were not yet twenty when they won the Victoria Cross, the British armed forces highest award for gallantry. Many perished in the action that earned them the VC. Their exploits deserve to be remembered - in the hope that young men will never be called on to do such things again. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; BK; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 249 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784188115
- ISBN
- 9781784188115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. This book gives an account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from Lehman Brothers CEO Dick the gorilla Fuld, to AIG's Joseph Cassano, dubbed 'The Man Who Crashed the World'. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043166
- ISBN
- 9780141043166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This title offers an account of the experiences of the 3rd Battalion from training through to D-Day and beyond. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849084369
- ISBN
- 9781849084369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25