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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195002096
ISBN
9780195002096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.13

Hardback. Editor(s): Bourke, Richard; McBride, Ian. Num Pages: 552 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
552
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154060
ISBN
9780691154060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

Hardback. Editor(s): Miller, Joseph C. Num Pages: 568 pages, 24 halftones. 1 line illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 182 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1164.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
Vincent Brown, Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, Laurent D
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148533
ISBN
9780691148533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.90

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. The royal family's darkest secret and the establishment cover-up Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444776478
ISBN
9781444776478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants and journalists of each period, the author has built up a picture of the hidden nexus of influence and patronage surrounding the office. Num Pages: 720 pages, 24pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHC; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140283938
ISBN
9780140283938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.36

Paperback. Outlines and analyzes the way the office of Prime Minister has developed in Britain in the past 45 years. The book considers the social backgrounds, image, relations with cabinets, role in policy making, and power of the men and woman who have occupied the office. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPH; JPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631177951
ISBN
9780631177951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. In the days when Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee faced each other in the House of Commons, there was disagreement about whose hands should be on the Mace, the symbol of power at Westminster. Everyone assumed that the hands on the Mace would be British. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745627304
ISBN
9780745627304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

Paperback. Ireland in the aftermath of Cromwell - during this period Catholicism and nationalism became linked and priests were outlawed. The Priest Hunters shines a light on four of the men who hunted them: Sean na Sagart, Edward Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia, the most hated men in Ireland. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847173119
ISBN
9781847173119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Hardback. A controversial new study of the Red Army's irrecoverable casualties during the Second World War Translator(s): Orenstein, Harold S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473899643
ISBN
9781473899643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. In The Price of the Ticket, Fred Harris contends that Obama's success has, in reality, exacted a negative price. His victory has not only utterly transformed the forms of black politics that emerged in the 1960s and which laid the foundation for his eventual ascendance, Harris claims-it has profoundly weakened them. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL3; JP; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199325238
ISBN
9780199325238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470604
ISBN
9781611470604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.71

Paperback. The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity. Num Pages: 400 pages, b&w photos, bibliog , reference notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140170412
ISBN
9780140170412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Hardback. "The failure of Liberalism" in Germany and its responsibility for the rise of Nazism is widely discussed among scholars inside and outside Germany. The author argues that German liberalism failed because of the irreconcilable conflict between two competing visions of German identity. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450694
ISBN
9781845450694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.22

Paperback. Now in Paperback, the New York Times Bestseller that tells the story of the Civil War's record number of living former and current presidents, and how the ex-Presidents' Club-for and against Abraham Lincoln (but mostly against)-maneuvered, seceded, plotted, advised, and aided during the Civil War while Lincoln navigated the minefield they created. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 33.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493009541
ISBN
9781493009541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. Explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents, this title asks, and answers, a variety of crucial questions about each President. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042459
ISBN
9780141042459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Hardcover. This is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man. Editor(s): Coleman, David. Num Pages: 1728 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Box
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081244
ISBN
9780393081244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.08
€ 130.17

Hardcover. This is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man. Editor(s): Germany, Kent B.; Johnson, Robert David; McKee, Guian A.; Holland, Max; Shreve, David. Series Editor(s): May, Ernest. Series: The Presidential Recordings. Num Pages: 3536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 168 x 150. Weight in Grams: 4320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Three-volume slipcased set
Number of pages
3536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393062861
ISBN
9780393062861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.80
€ 151.10

Paperback. Explores the impact of three of the most influential world leaders of the Post WWII Era. This book tells how the Pope helped Poles and East Europeans banish their fear of Soviet Communism. It tells how a prime minister restored her country's failing economy. It also tells how a president rebuilt America's military power. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HRLP1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596985506
ISBN
9781596985506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.30

Hardcover. Offers everyday people a sneak peek into life at the chief executive's side - providing an intriguing glimpse of White House inhabitants and the professionals who capture their images. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AJC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1109.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Edition
Mti
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426206764
ISBN
9781426206764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.93

Hardback. Lisio re-examines the events surrounding the 1932 Bonus March on Hoover's White House by outraged veterans. Included is a look at the protective motives of Hoover himself, and how the president came to be vilified for the actions of MacArthur. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215713
ISBN
9780823215713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.09

Paperback. A comprehensive account of Theodore Roosevelt's important presidency, updated to take into account two decades of additional research on the subject. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2 Exp Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617746
ISBN
9780700617746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.47

Paperback. This title provides a comprehensive assessment of the Nixon administration. It should serve as a useful introduction for readers who are as interested in Nixon's presidency as they are in his personality. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612550
ISBN
9780700612550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.62

Paperback. Jimmy Carter has been called America's greatest ex-president, a man who lost the White House after one term but went on to become a respected spokesman for peace and human rights. The authors re-examine the world events that shaped Carter's presidency, from Koreagate and the Cuban boatlift to the Camp David accords and the Iran hostage crisis. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
2 Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614714
ISBN
9780700614714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.11

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