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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The terrible truth behind the history of our railways by Terry Deary, creater of Horrible Histories. Strictly for grown-ups! Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0015801
ISBN
9781780226361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the author of HORRIBLE HISTORIES comes the third volume in Terry Deary's gritty and humorous history series for adults. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226378
ISBN
9781780226378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Tells the stories of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in prisons, places of exile, and concentration and rehabilitation camps. This volume presents the history of how Greek Left was constituted by Greek state as a zone of danger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229680
ISBN
9780823229680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Hardback. Tells stories of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in prisons, places of exile, and concentration and rehabilitation camps. This title presents the history of how Greek Left was constituted by Greek state as a zone of danger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229673
ISBN
9780823229673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Paperback. Examines the rise and abrupt decline of anti-Catholic literature during the Progressive Era, as well as the issues and motivations that informed anti-Catholic writers and their "Romanist" opponents. This work explores the connection between anti-Catholicism and nationalism from 1910-1919. It is intended for scholars and students of history. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; HRCC7; JFCA; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268036058
ISBN
9780268036058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.12

Paperback. A compelling and human portrait of modern war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542587
ISBN
9781848542587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

hardcover. From the color of a politician's tie, to exorbitantly costly haircuts, to the size of an American flag pin adorning a lapel, it's no secret that style has political meaning. The author shows that in France, England, and Spain, daring dress became a way of taking a stance toward the social and political upheaval of the period. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226187259
ISBN
9780226187259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 40.15

Paperback. This work considers the visual languages, politics and poetics of personal appearance. "Dandyism" has been most closely associated with the 19th-century style of men such as Oscar Wilde. This book examines the wider influence of dandyism and considers its destablizing aesthetic effect. Editor(s): Fillin-Yeh, Susan. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCA; JFCK; WJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726969
ISBN
9780814726969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. A path-finding analysis of the vast colonial "dance archive" that conclusively demonstrates that dance played a crucial role in the European colonization of the Americas Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 227 pages, 40 b/w photos, 2 maps, 11 color in an 8-page section. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 509. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744929
ISBN
9780292744929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.81

Paperback. The social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822173
ISBN
9780753822173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

paperback. "Riveting and certain to become essential reading for anyone looking to understand Central Africa."--Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; HBWS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610391078
ISBN
9781610391078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

Hardcover. Blending dynamic live shots with intimate portraits and candids, Dancehall Days is a collection of over 300 stunning black-and-white photographs drawn from Michael O'Reilly's personal archive. Num Pages: 320 pages, 300. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AJB; AJC; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 298 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9780717164608
ISBN
9780717164608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.73

Paperback. Looking beyond diplomats and generals, the author shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. He gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725935
ISBN
9780674725935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. Kathy was eight years old when her father forced her mother into prostitution. When their mother fled, she and her sisters stuck together passing from children's homes to boarding schools. On a trip home, she realises that her mother's lover was shot by her father. As an adult, she travels to London to find out who her gangster father really was. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; BGA; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0010688
ISBN
9780091921507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tells the remarkable story of an Irishman whose exploits in the bare-knuckle ring made him into an early 19th century folk hero. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843511588
ISBN
9781843511588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

Paperback. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554677
ISBN
9780099554677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Hardback. Dame Fanny Waterman: My Life in Music tells the extraordinary story of one of the twentieth century's most inspirational British women. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJP; AVH; AVRG; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 373 x 356 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Faber Music Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571539185
ISBN
9780571539185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. Illustrated with photographs of the sites, the personnel involved and the aircraft originally flown during the Dambuster Raids, this book takes the reader to the coast off Texel, Rees, Marbeck, Emmerich, Hamm, Ostonnen, just north of the Mohne Dam, the former airfield at Gilze-Rijen in Holland and Castricum-aan-Zee, also Holland, and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, 75 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844155682
ISBN
9781844155682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552163415
ISBN
9780552163415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547780
ISBN
9781848547780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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