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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years, he was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225877
ISBN
9781840225877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Paperback. Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106708
ISBN
9780143106708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup's harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393264241
ISBN
9780393264241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Hardcover. The story that inspired the major motion picture, Twelve Years a Slaveis a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
0037-
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476767345
ISBN
9781476767345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. The Battle of Britain. Pearl Harbour. Stalingrad. D-Day. These defining events of the Second World War exemplify both the immense heroism and the grievous costs of global conflict. This book analyzes the twelve unique turning points that determined the character and the ultimate outcome of the Second World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black-&-white illustrations + 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187700
ISBN
9780300187700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. This collection presents twelve photographic journeys through Iran in the twenty-first century. The participating photographers have each chosen a different aspect of daily life in their country; a cafe, a bus trip, a shopping centre, a "living martyr", the clerics etc. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120photos(100 colour ). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; AJC; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 220 x 9. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437192
ISBN
9781850437192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.60

Paperback. A young midwife's account of her training in the Midlands in the 1950s. A SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 3JJPG; BM; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409120100
ISBN
9781409120100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJK; JFHC; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Regnery History
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621574712
ISBN
9781621574712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. "ER", "Law and Order" and "The Sopranos" are just a few of the dramas that launched a new era of TV at the turn of the millennium. This text gives scholars and fans alike a firsthand account of the lives, philosophy and contribution of some of the best writers and producers of the 1980s and 1990s. Series: Television S. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628743
ISBN
9780815628743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.40

paperback. Famine moves a Greenlandic family into a new settlement in the 1850's where the joys and tragedies of pre-Christian times are depicted Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 104 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996193832
ISBN
9780996193832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.89

Hardcover. We think of Tutankhamun's age as one of rich tombs and religious obsession, but it was also a time of complicated and ultimately successful political machinations and military campaigns. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471743583
ISBN
9780471743583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Hardback. Daniel Vitkus demonstrates that the theatrical representations inspired by England's encounter with exotic otherness helped to form the emergent identity of an English nation that was eagerly fantasizing about having an empire but was still in the preliminary phase of its colonizing drive. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DS; 1QFM; 1QSM; 2AB; 3J; AN; DSBD; DSG; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294526
ISBN
9780312294526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Hardcover. Turning to Nature in Germany traces the history of organized hiking, nudism, and conservation in the earlier twentieth century, showing how hundreds of thousands of Germans sought to find solutions to the nation's crises in nature Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 tables, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFCA; RNK; WSZC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804700153
ISBN
9780804700153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 black & white halftones, 20 colour illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 9. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608932740
ISBN
9781608932740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. A narrative in nonfiction format that follows a selection of people who experienced the D-Day landings. Series: Tangled History: Tangled History. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; 5AK; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 190 x 133. .
Publisher
Capstone Global Library Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474732727
ISBN
9781474732727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Select Books Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590793381
ISBN
9781590793381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 265 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1974.
Publisher
Santa Monica Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595800794
ISBN
9781595800794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.38

Paperback. Featuring artists such as Chic, Sylvester, Donna Summer and Frank Grasso, this book illustrates why and how disco changed the face of popular culture forever. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571219230
ISBN
9780571219230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery -- essential reading for anyone interested in American history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522946
ISBN
9780330522946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Presents data about Anglo-Islamic social and historical interactions. This book provides a unique direction in the study of England's geographic imagination. It illuminates the subtleties and interchangeability of stereotype, racism, and demonization that must be taken into account in any depiction of English history. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 1FB; 3J; DSBD; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110150
ISBN
9780231110150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 364 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
364
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590338322
ISBN
9781590338322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.87
€ 52.00

Paperback. This revised edition builds upon the twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531874
ISBN
9781784531874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.77

Hardback. This is an interdisciplinary study of the major cultural and political scenes of a decade marked by dramatic -and sometimes traumatic-change. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPK; DSBH; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756624
ISBN
9780804756624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.23

Hardback. Helps you to experience the incredible story of the brave men who tunnelled to escape a German prisoner-of-war camp. This book is about the planners, task leaders and key players of the escape from Stalag Luft III. Series: Graphic Non Fiction: Great Escapes of World War II. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; 5AJ; YFW; YNH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 229 x 178. .
Publisher
Capstone Global Library Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474732161
ISBN
9781474732161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.90

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