Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. Features David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over the last half of the twentieth century. This book explores Brower's impact on the movement from its beginnings until his death in 2000. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278363
- ISBN
- 9780520278363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. David Astor is a great exception to the rule. His early life was far from idyllic. At Oxford he suffered the first of the bouts of depression that were to blight his life, and he became a lost soul for much of the Thirties but when he took the Observer on in 1948 he converted a staid Sunday paper into essential reading. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; KNTJ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552123
- ISBN
- 9780099552123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. The first English language in-depth study of a footsoldier of the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters. Its subject, the German polymath and schoolteacher Christian Daum, left behind one of the largest private archives of any early modern European scholar. Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090899
- ISBN
- 9780719090899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.34
€ 157.34
Paperback. Though virtually unknown in the ethnographic literature on Chinese society, the "delayed transfer marriage", requiring separation after marriage, was widely established in the Canton delta. This book analyzes the effect of economic change on the practice in the area's silk district. Num Pages: 240 pages, index, appendixes. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; JHBK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780804720144
- ISBN
- 9780804720144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. A Victorian parsonage was a 'religious family enterprise', a showcase of ruling ideas, the headquarters of parish charities and a point of connection for multilayered networks in and outside the parish. This book focuses on the lives of women brought up in this setting, as the Church of England steered its way through the secularisation of society. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 figures, 30 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; HRCC91; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354074
- ISBN
- 9780230354074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.57
€ 139.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 34 color + 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVC; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 252 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209723
- ISBN
- 9780300209723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.54€ 40.40
€ 50.54
€ 40.40
Paperback. A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of The Broken Road Editor(s): Sisman, Adam. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; BGL; BJ; HBWQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473622494
- ISBN
- 9781473622494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardback. This book addresses the deconstruction of a founding myth and the last "great narrative" (for the time being) of the Occident the narrative that Europe grew out of liberal humanistic traditions and, by way of several intermediate stages since classical antiquity, has gradually come to have its present form, one based on democratic values." Num Pages: 132 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681963
- ISBN
- 9783936681963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483864
- ISBN
- 9781611483864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.97
€ 145.97
Paperback. A study of Darwin's Legacy for relegion, ecology and the arts. It argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the human condition in a Darwinian world. It includes over 50 complete poems and substantial extracts from several more, Holmes shows how poets have responded to the discovery of evolution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692071
- ISBN
- 9780748692071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Sloan, Phillip R.; McKenny, Gerald; Eggleson, Kathleen. Series: Studies in science & the humanities from the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, & Values. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRAM3; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041472
- ISBN
- 9780268041472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.64
€ 51.99
€ 46.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFD; KNTJ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226204871
- ISBN
- 9780226204871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. A highly illustrated account of the Japanese aerial assault on the port of Darwin in February 1942--the first attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 b/w; 12 col. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472816870
- ISBN
- 9781472816870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.41
€ 23.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God. Num Pages: 864 pages, 32pp b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140131925
- ISBN
- 9780140131925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
A study of darts and society. It examines the development of darts in the context of English society in the early twentieth century, concentrating principally upon key developments between 1918 and 1939. It is suitable for sports historians, social historians, business historians, sociologists and sports scientists. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JHBS; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078033
- ISBN
- 9780719078033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 157.26
€ 157.26
Paperback. A New York memoir of an unfettered childhood in the Lower East Side of the 1980s Num Pages: 464 pages, Integrated b&w photos supplied and cleared for our use by the US publisher. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005638
- ISBN
- 9780349005638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. On 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of the Transylvanian Alps. Heavily frostbitten and bleeding internally, Ken dragged himself to safety over three agonizing days only to discover that his true ordeal had yet to begin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JMC; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782066026
- ISBN
- 9781782066026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473861787
- ISBN
- 9781473861787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.36
€ 17.99
€ 14.36
Paperback. In this worldwide survey of the 1930s, Brendon examines the great powers and their leaders and investigates how, and how far, contemporary minds knew what they knew, and the extent to which our own view of the time is fogged by their uncertainty. He illuminates a period when the world was struggling with one crisis and hurtling towards another. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New e.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667142
- ISBN
- 9780712667142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. At least 130,000 Irish - from north and south - served during the Second World War. Seven thousand never returned. In this poignant yet detailed book, award winning author Neil Richardson documents veterans' stories with personal interviews, military records, diaries and letters. Num Pages: 352 pages, 120 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847172976
- ISBN
- 9781847172976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist. Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wharncliffe Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780850523362
- ISBN
- 9780850523362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.29
€ 15.99
€ 11.29
Hardback. Focusing on "dark" or black comedy films in the US and the UK, Wheeler Winston Dixon provides a comprehensive overview of a variety of films and filmmakers (Vanishing Point, Marcel Hanoun), whose work has largely been ignored, but whose influence and importance is clearly present. Num Pages: 110 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137564207
- ISBN
- 9781137564207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Paperback. Revealing the naturally courageous nature of 'Lady Lindy', that made her one of the most daring of twentieth-century women Num Pages: 176 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; BGH; JFSJ1; TRPS; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750979481
- ISBN
- 9780750979481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Hardcover. Series: Crises in World Politics. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 194 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850657705
- ISBN
- 9781850657705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18