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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Series: Cultures and Practice of Violence. 320 pages, 51 photographs. Considers how young men in West Africa are made available for violent labour on battlefields and in diamond mines, rubber plantations, and other unregulated industries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1HFDL; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; HBWS; JWXN. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 20. Weight: 620.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350774
ISBN
9780822350774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Wars come and go across the headlines and television screens, but for those who survive them, scarred and scattered, they never end. This book is about post-conflict irresolution, about the lives of those who survived the gulag of concentration camps in north-western Bosnia and about seeking justice for Bosnia today. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569541
ISBN
9780099569541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. The Second World War is the most cataclysmic and violent sequence of events in recent times. Are you ready for the truth about World War Two? This title features the experiences of dozens of individuals, from civilians and soldiers, to sailors, pilots, leading military strategists, industrialists and heads of state, and uncovers the strategy. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 40. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552169202
ISBN
9780552169202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Examines a dramatic, complex episode in the early history of New Spain that stands as an instructive counterpoint to the much more familiar, triumphalist narrative of Spanish daring, resilience and victory embodied in the oft-told tale of the conquest of central Mexico. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826344939
ISBN
9780826344939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Hardcover. Focuses on the twelve-month period from North Korea's invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, through the end of June 1951 - the most active phase of the internationalized 'Korean War'. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 816 pages, 45 photographs, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
816
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617098
ISBN
9780700617098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Paperback. Including both attention to strategic policies in Britain and France and accounts of colonial soldiers, this book provides a view of America's struggle for independence in its world context. It recreates the characters and incidents of the period on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, and battle maps. Num Pages: 776 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
776
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Illinois Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070600
ISBN
9780252070600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. The events of the American Revolution signified by Lexington, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown are familiar to American readers. This title views the American Revolution from the standpoint of the British government and the British military leaders as they attempted to execute an overseas war of great complexity. Num Pages: 569 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
569
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803281929
ISBN
9780803281929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.91

Paperback. * A gripping account of the most action-packed years of British naval history Num Pages: 560 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119168
ISBN
9780349119168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.92

Hardback. The story of the Cuban-South African war in Angola in 1987-88 through the eyes of the South Africans who fought in it. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJP; HBJH; HBTW; HBWS; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004921
ISBN
9781612004921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 67 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608. JG 52 on the Russian Front 1943-45. 224 pages, Over 67 black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight: 608.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887404467
ISBN
9780887404467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.19

Hardcover. Laszlo Bardossy, the Hungarian prime minister who proclaimed war against the Soviet Union and was later executed as a war criminal, remains a controversial figure. Pal Pritz offers readers a rare, balanced interpretation of his life, along with documents from his postwar trial. Num Pages: 230 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; JWXK; LAZ; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335492
ISBN
9780880335492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.85

Paperback. Presents the story of the war as it unfolded in one small town, New Castle, Indiana through the eyes of the residents of Plum Street as families search for information about the progress of war and the fate of loved ones in the censored accounts in local newspapers. This book captures the war on the home front as lived by some average Americans. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221063
ISBN
9780253221063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.67

Hardback. Disabled veterans were World War I's most conspicuous legacy. Nearly eight million men in Europe returned permanently disabled by injury or disease. This is a comparative analysis of the very different ways in which two belligerent nations - Germany and Britain - cared for their disabled. Num Pages: 297 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBWN; JFFG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220089
ISBN
9780520220089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.44
€ 49.48

Paperback. The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224909
ISBN
9781780224909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. "War Against Cliche" is a collection of essays. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422228
ISBN
9780099422228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. In Spain today the civil war remains 'the past that will not pass away'. The author explores the origins, nature and long-term consequences of this exterminatory war in Spain, charting the resonant forms of political, social and cultural resistance to it and the memory/legacy these have left behind in Europe and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195113
ISBN
9781845195113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Historian William J. Bouwsma here examines the conventional view of the European Renaissance as the root and foundation of modern culture, arguing instead that while it had a beginning and a climax, the Renaissance also had an ending. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097177
ISBN
9780300097177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.88

Paperback. Traces the origins of financial crisis and the rise of sub prime mortgages. This book explains the complicated financial instruments and rationalizations that are used to justify sub prime mortgages. It illustrates how changes in the real estate markets ultimately led to a crisis situation in the sub prime mortgage market. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX; VSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061788406
ISBN
9780061788406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Hollywood couple and bestselling authors DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good promote abstinence before marriage in order to transform their relationships. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; BGFA; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139. .
Publisher
Howard Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501123481
ISBN
9781501123481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. In this text, Lea Jacobs uses the "fallen woman" film, which served as a focal point for public criticism of the film industry, to explore Hollywood's system of self-censorship and the evolution of the rules governing representations of sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages, 49. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520207905
ISBN
9780520207905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.75

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HPCF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653815
ISBN
9780691653815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.20

Book. When the World Cup circus came to town it jolted South Africa out of its insular navel-gazing and roused a nation. Defying the sceptics and the Afro-pessimists - both at home and abroad - we put on a great show not just for South Africa, but for the whole continent. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; WSJA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770099715
ISBN
9781770099715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.70

Num Pages: 255 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817357870
ISBN
9780817357870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.59

Paperback. This journal takes the reader from the coasts and interiors of South America to the South Sea Islands. It displays Darwin's speculative mind at work, posing searching questions about the complex relations between the Earth's structure, animal forms, anthropology and the origins of life itself. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; P; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Wordsworth Classics of World Literature Ware, Hertfordshire
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264764
ISBN
9781853264764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

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