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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A Christmas Carol has gripped the public imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. Editor(s): Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536306
- ISBN
- 9780199536306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
€ 10.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Chronicles more than forty years of black music: from the hopeful, angry refrains of the Freedom movement to the slick pop of Motown; from Woodstock and the 'Summer of Love' to Vietnam and the race riots; from disco inferno to the Million Man March. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0002310
- ISBN
- 9781841952963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism - the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444737622
- ISBN
- 9781444737622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardback. A collection exploring the ideological hardening and accelerated polarization that marked twentieth-century Latin America and its epochal cycles of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347200
- ISBN
- 9780822347200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.27
€ 136.27
Paperback. Presents a selection of photographs that illustrates the extraordinary transformation which has taken place in Plymouth during the 20th century. This book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during this century of unprecedented change. Num Pages: 120 pages, 180 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750948982
- ISBN
- 9780750948982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTZ; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165875
- ISBN
- 9780691165875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.57
€ 33.99
€ 24.57
Hardcover. This book carefully identifies and compares episodes of 'fiscal squeeze' in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; JPP; KCP; KCZ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198779612
- ISBN
- 9780198779612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69
Paperback. The centenary of the start of World War One in 1914 provides an opportunity to assess the role and impact of conflict in the history of the last century, and also to consider how warfare has changed. A Century of Conflict offers a clear, global study of these topics that is both conceptually and methodologically up to date. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199372324
- ISBN
- 9780199372324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752474748
- ISBN
- 9780752474748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458014
- ISBN
- 9780752458014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
paperback. What distinguishes Richard F. Miller's "A Carrier at War" is its focus on individual officers and sailors and shipboard morale as distinct from the usual "bomb and bullet" reporting. The USS Kitty Hawk's mission paralleled the tortuous course of events leading up to the Iraq War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781597970471
- ISBN
- 9781597970471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.36
€ 18.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. A history of the revolutions that toppled communism in Europe, this work looks behind the scenes at the grassroots movements that made those revolutions happen. It looks for answers not in the salons of power brokers and famed intellectuals, not in decrepit economies - but in the whirlwind of activity that stirred so crucially, on the street. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116273
- ISBN
- 9780691116273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.08
€ 54.99
€ 39.08
Paperback. This comparative study gathers together new research by local historians into aspects of welfare in Hertfordshire spanning four centuries and focusing on towns and villages across the county. Editor(s): King, Steven; Gear, Gillian. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Of Hertfordshire Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909291126
- ISBN
- 9781909291126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.31
€ 21.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. 8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for the author, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b & w photos; b & w map. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JMC; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857502469
- ISBN
- 9780857502469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Canadian woman writes of teaching in concentration camps following South African War in 1902. Editor(s): Dawson, Michael; Gidney, Catherine; Klausen, Susanne M. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJC; BM; HBJH; HBWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120462
- ISBN
- 9781772120462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.80
€ 40.99
€ 28.80
Paperback. The great English, Anglican and modernist poet and writer C.H. Sisson was born in Bristol a hundred years ago. This Reader draws on his poetry, fiction, translations, and his literary, political and religious essays. Editor(s): Louth, Charlie; McGuinness, Patrick. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 41. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847772657
- ISBN
- 9781847772657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.85
€ 34.99
€ 30.85
Hardcover. The amazing story of the life and work of the renowned botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian is told alongside her beautiful illustrations of butterflies in this charming and elegant book. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791381497
- ISBN
- 9783791381497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Offers insight into life in the mid-1960s on a RAF Canberra nuclear-armed squadron in West Germany on the frontline in the Cold War. The author tells his story warts and all, with many amusing overtones, in what was an extremely serious business when the world was standing on the brink of nuclear conflict. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DFG; 3JJPK; BM; HBTW; JWG; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752470214
- ISBN
- 9780752470214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Offering a collection of personal and defining moments, this book offers insight into the Great War as it was experienced and as it was remembered. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BTM; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099597797
- ISBN
- 9780099597797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.51
€ 21.99
€ 17.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Baldoli, Claudia; Fleming, Brendan. Series: A Modern History of Politics and Violence. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472510426
- ISBN
- 9781472510426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.39
€ 35.99
€ 30.39