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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Blackly funny, sharply observed and evocative memoir of growing up the weird and wonderful way on an ashram in India. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPN; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Printing
SKU
KLN0018110
ISBN
9780340898833
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Out of the 193 countries recognised by the UN, we've invaded 158. That's an amazing 82%! This book illustrates what a truly awe-inspiring power, for bad and for good, our country has been right accross the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750952125
ISBN
9780750952125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 110 x 32. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844676446
ISBN
9781844676446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.36

Paperback. Destroying almost 3 billion rubles' worth of property in European Russia between 1860 and 1904, accidental and arson fires acted as a brake on Russia's economic development. Using sources ranging from newspaper articles to statistical tables and court records, this work demonstrates the many meanings fire held for peasants and the educated elite. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 306 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295982090
ISBN
9780295982090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A selection of Popper's writings on his main preoccupations towards the end of his life. Illuminates his process of working on his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415249928
ISBN
9780415249928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.66

Paperback. All in the Family Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBTB; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950664
ISBN
9780750950664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. The funny, sad and often incredible life of a local policeman patrolling his home town Num Pages: 160 pages, 55 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGA; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553428
ISBN
9781781553428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers, sailors and airmen; housewives, farm workers and children. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007450725
ISBN
9780007450725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Tundra Books Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770495142
ISBN
9781770495142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.42

Paperback. 1972. A plane has crashed in the Andes mountains. The passengers are hopelessly lost in one of the most isolated places on earth. Almost three months later, two of the survivors, emaciated and frozen, reach the authorities and lead a rescue team to the remaining fourteen passengers. The rescue team are shocked when they reach the crash-site. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JJPL; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9780099574521
ISBN
9780099574521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Interpreting South Asian and diasporic texts, Parama Roy argues that who eats and with whom, who starves, and what is rejected as food are questions fundamental to empire, decolonization, and globalization. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBTR; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348023
ISBN
9780822348023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. The author examines this transformation through the lens of California's urban housing markets. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones, 9 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004181
ISBN
9780226004181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Alien Albion challenges assumptions about the origins of English national identity and the importance of religious, class, and local identities in the early modern era. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647190
ISBN
9781442647190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Paperback. Explores the French physicist Leon Foucault's (1819-1868) proof that the world rotates and develops the experiment further. This book illustrates the playful exploration of space and time using recent pictures from the Schirn rotunda. Num Pages: 64 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 208 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424422
ISBN
9783777424422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. It is 1935 and the author is living in the East Polish town of Buczacz. Although brought up in an atmosphere of anti-Semitism, nothing could prepare this young girl for the Russian invasion of Poland and the full horror of the Nazi Occupation. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857502612
ISBN
9780857502612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Buchholtz, Miroslawa. Series: Second Language Learning and Teaching. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319240596
ISBN
9783319240596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Hardcover. This volume, bringing together leading experts in the field, focuses on the role of the French army in the Algerian War. It shows that the war was just as much about conflicts of ideas, beliefs and loyalties as it was about simple military operations. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333774564
ISBN
9780333774564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Paperback. * Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most influential sociologists and anthropologists of the late twentieth century. * This important new volume brings together his key writings on Algeria, where he did his first major fieldwork in the late 1950s and 1960s. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646954
ISBN
9780745646954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.35

Hardback. * Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most influential sociologists and anthropologists of the late twentieth century. * This important new volume brings together his key writings on Algeria, where he did his first major fieldwork in the late 1950s and 1960s. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646947
ISBN
9780745646947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Hardback. The most incisive and up-to-date analysis of Algeria's recent history in the second 25 years after independence. Editor(s): Crowley, Patrick. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940216
ISBN
9781786940216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.11

Paperback. The first full account for a generation of the war against French colonialism in Algeria, setting out the long-term causes of the war from the French occupation of Algeria in 1830 onwards Num Pages: 496 pages, 42 black and white illustrations; 12 maps; 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW; HBWS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 37. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199669035
ISBN
9780199669035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardback. By the 1990s, Algeria's revolutionary political model had collapsed, degenerating into a savage conflict between the military and Islamist guerillas that killed some 200,000 citizens. This work explores Algeria's bloody history, demonstrating how the high hopes of independence turned into anger as young Algerians grew increasingly alienated. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300108811
ISBN
9780300108811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489167
ISBN
9780801489167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. Algeria is noteworthy for its geopolitical position and the fact it has avoided destabilisation from grassroots uprisings along the lines of the Arab Spring and from hardline Islamists currently plaguing the region Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045872
ISBN
9781849045872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 53.33

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