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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Given the realities of the Taliban's persistence and the desire of US policymakers - and the public - to find a way out, what can and should be the goals of the US and its allies in Afghanistan? This title provides a comprehensive assessment of the alternatives for restoring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Editor(s): Rothstein, Hy; Arquilla, John. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; GTJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWK; JWL; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589019089
ISBN
9781589019089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.85

Paperback. Examines the Russian experience in that most recent war in Afghanistan (after Alexander's conquests and the many British imperial wars and skirmishes). Largely basing his account on Russian sources and interviews, the author shows the war through the eyes of the Russians themselves - politicians, soldiers, advisers, journalists, and women. Num Pages: 432 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FCA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846680625
ISBN
9781846680625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. This study recognizes the broad impact of opera in early-modern French culture. Series: Cambridge Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 420 pages, 9 b/w illus. 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; AVGC9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521100977
ISBN
9780521100977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Hardcover. This anthology provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions of analytic philosophy to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the earliest beginnings in the 1950a s to the present time. aeo Traces the contributions of the analytic tradition to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the 1950a s to the present time. Editor(s): Lamarque, Peter; Olsen, Stein Haugom. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ABA; HPCF5; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1242.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105811
ISBN
9781405105811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.32

Hardcover. Evaluating a broad selection of Mexican films produced from the early 1990s to the present, this study examines how production methods, audience demographics, and aesthetic approaches have changed throughout the past two decades and how these changes relate to the country's transitions to a democratic political system and a free-market economy. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPR; 3JM; APF; JP; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137008060
ISBN
9781137008060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.40

Hardcover. The Aerofilms company recorded one of the most tumultuous periods of British history. This gloriously illustrated book draws on thousands of aerial photographs to present a vivid picture of a nation in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AJRK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 247 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1664.
Publisher
English Heritage
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848022485
ISBN
9781848022485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.91

Paperback. This is the first of two volumes comprising a range of papers on the natural transport and resorting of sand and soil. This volume deals specifically with wind (aeolian) transport and how it operates. Several new observational techniques are examined. Editor(s): Barndorff-Nielsen, Ole E.; Willets, Brian B. (University of Aberdeen). Series: Acta Mechanica, Supplementa. Num Pages: 190 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; PHD; RBGB; RGB; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9783211822692
ISBN
9783211822692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.71

Hardback. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135429
ISBN
9780231135429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.15

Hardcover. In this volume, Herbert Brownell, the man Dwight D. Eisenhower said would make an outstanding president, recounts his achievements and trials as a presidential operative, serving during an administration that faced civil rights issues, the communist witch-hunt and an unpopular war in Korea. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700605903
ISBN
9780700605903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.04

Hardback. A study of Irish advertising's cultural, literary and ideological resonance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298736
ISBN
9780230298736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.51

Paperback. Documents three distinct periods in the history of national debate over the regulation of alcohol and tobacco marketing, tracing the fate of proposed federal policies and introducing their advocates and opponents. This book argues that the politics of alcohol and tobacco advertising reflect profound cultural ambivalence about consumerism. Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; KNDF1; KNTY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806259
ISBN
9780875806259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. It hasn't occurred to even the harshest critics of advertising since the 1930s to regulate advertising as extensively as its earliest opponents almost succeeded in doing. This title examines how these consumer activists sought to limit the influence of corporate powers by rallying popular support to moderate and transform advertising. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; JFCA; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252072994
ISBN
9780252072994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Documents and analyzes the implementation of the American strategy of consumerism during the 1940s and 1950s, and its ongoing ramifications. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230116948
ISBN
9780230116948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.69

Hardback. Tracing commercial imagery across different products and media, this title shows how and why the 'African native' had emerged by 1900 to become a familiar figure in the German landscape, selling everything from soap to shirts to coffee. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 462 pages, 29 color illustrations, 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AKL; HBTB; JFDV; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050068
ISBN
9780674050068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.24
€ 65.34

Paperback. The advertising industry's rise to power, in war and peace Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078651
ISBN
9780252078651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.63

Paperback. Raul H Castro was the first Hispanic governor of Arizona, ambassador to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Argentina, lawyer, judge, and teacher. Born in Mexico in 1916, he moved with his family to a small mining community in Arizona in 1926. This book presents his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653785
ISBN
9780875653785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 276 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 1KBCB; 1KBCL; 3JH; 3JJC; AJC; RGR; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926855219
ISBN
9781926855219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.57

Hardcover. In the first two essays in this volume - "The Age of Dobie" and "The Age of McMurtry" - James Ward Lee places the writers, the politicians, and the cultural leaders in the context of each age. Subsequent chapters discuss writers and trends in Texas literature. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652887
ISBN
9780875652887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. Enormously influential in the development of American literature, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the centre of impassioned critical debate. This edition discusses all the current issues and the evolution of Mark Twain's penetrating genius. Editor(s): Elliott, Emory. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; FC; YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KKD0004811
ISBN
9780199536559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Enormously influential in the development of American literature, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the centre of impassioned critical debate. This edition discusses all the current issues and the evolution of Mark Twain's penetrating genius. Editor(s): Elliott, Emory. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; FC; YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KTG0021179
ISBN
9780199536559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A hilarious childhood memoir from one of Ireland's funniest comedians. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; ASZB; BM; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 225 x 36. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gill Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780717170371
ISBN
9780717170371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.08

Hardcover. In this memoir, Harlow describes his life growing up in Washington state, service in the US Army during World War II, college years, and his fifty-year career as a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Num Pages: 204 pages, 71 colour & 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJ; 3JM; ACBP; AFP; BM; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 266 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136157
ISBN
9780890136157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Helion and Company
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906033774
ISBN
9781906033774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.11

Hardcover. The question: can - or should - the United States try to promote reform in client states in the Third World is at the heart of this book. The book focuses on three case studies of reformist intervention in Asia: China 1946-1948; the Philippines 1950-1953; and Vietnam 1961-1963. Num Pages: 374 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FMV; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005778
ISBN
9780674005778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.09
€ 48.32

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