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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Commemorating Pushkin is a study of the fascination with Pushkin that has helped Russian culture define itself, as seen in poems, stories, essays, memoirs, films, museums, and commemorative celebrations. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734486
ISBN
9780804734486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. Exploring the political and cultural layers of memory and commemoration Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077883
ISBN
9780252077883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical and timely step-by-step guide to using commedia techniques in performance. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3J; ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415047708
ISBN
9780415047708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts, 'Commando' reveals the exhilarating full story of World War II's most formidable fighting force. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123622
ISBN
9780349123622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit. He's 55 years old. He is being trained by the Royal Marines and he is going to Afghanistan. Chris will be holding a camera and filming the whole ordeal for a major TV series. This book tells of his heroic struggle to become the oldest man to win the coveted Royal Marines Commando Green Beret. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509899
ISBN
9780099509899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Hardcover. The war in the Far East between 1941 and 1945 is occasionally referred to as the 'Forgotten War' and this description extends to the way the campaign's air war has been analysed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1FMB; 1FMM; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294444
ISBN
9781910294444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 41.56

Hardback. Commander A.F.C. Layard, RN, wrote almost daily in his diary from 1913 until 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea. Editor(s): Whitby, Michael. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b/w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGX; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774811934
ISBN
9780774811934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.58

paperback. This volume contains the letters written during the Civil War by Colonel Patrick R. Guiney, of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This is the sixth volume in a series exploring "The Irish in the Civil War". Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 479.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823218134
ISBN
9780823218134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

paperback. Commanders at sea struggle with the unpredictability of natural elements and with a shroud of uncertainty often referred to as the "fog of war". Over the centuries, most admirals tried to find in new technologies a means to assert centralized control over their forces. This work observes five centuries of dramatic encounters under sail and steam. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024113
ISBN
9780674024113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.90

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590218
ISBN
9781781590218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

hardcover. A riveting memoir from Lady Trumpington, doyenne of the House of Lords, taking her from 1920s London to the beginning of her political career in the early 1960s Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b/w bound as 2 x 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PAN Macmillan Adult
Condition
New
SKU
9781447256779
ISBN
9781447256779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Now a Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGHA; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447256786
ISBN
9781447256786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 b&w, 5 colour. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JM; JFSP1; JHB; JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636086
ISBN
9783837636086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.22
€ 42.22

Hardback. Explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. Editor(s): Hinsley, Curtis M.; Wilcox, David R. Num Pages: 616 pages, 54 b&w illustrations, 18 color illustrations, 3 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 237 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803268388
ISBN
9780803268388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.74

Paperback. What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four very different places - New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota - to explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country. Editor(s): Waters, Mary C.; Carr, Patrick J.; Kefalas, Maria; Holdaway, Jennifer. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270930
ISBN
9780520270930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Tells the global history of comics from 1968 through to the present day. This book contextualizes the crucial modern period within the art forms broader history and offers a description of the more fluid, international and digital scene that is the mediums likely future. Num Pages: 320 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500290965
ISBN
9780500290965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.19

Paperback. Yoshimi provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 "comfort stations" where as many as 200,000 women of varying nationalities, euphemistically known as "comfort women," were imprisoned and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Translator(s): O'Brien, Suzanne. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 halftones, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120333
ISBN
9780231120333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Formed in 1868, and possessors of a proud history by the outbreak of the First World War, the men of the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, were right at the heart of the cataclysmic events that unfolded between 1914 and 1918 on the Western Front. This title presents the history of the Glasgow Highlanders in the WWI. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452012
ISBN
9780752452012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ASDL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384. 8vo. Nice copy. Ireland in the 20th century
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KEX0292075
ISBN
9780946640621
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Using archival sources and private documents recently unearthed, Come Back to Portofino chronicles the journey taken by volunteers in the 6th South African Armoured Division. From training camps in Egypt through to the blissful summer of 1945 the 'Div' left its mark on towns and villages across Italy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 120 b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HFMS; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
30 Degrees South Publishers South Africa
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920143565
ISBN
9781920143565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.49

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