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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633862
ISBN
9780691633862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.06

Hardback. This text situates Louis Zukofsky's poetics (and the lineage of objectivist poetics more broadly) within a set of ethical concerns in American poetic modernism, and makes a strong case for perceiving Zukofsky as a missing key figure within this ethical matrix of modernism. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293222
ISBN
9780312293222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Hardback. In the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian society and culture underwent massive changes. The author presents a comparative analysis of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema as an offshoot of Iranian modernity, and explains its connections with the themes present in traditional Persian poetry and conventional visual arts. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APFA; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857414
ISBN
9781848857414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 125.57

Paperback. Examines T S Eliot's and Ezra Pound's criticism in terms of what the author calls the 'poetics of impersonality'. In this title, she shows that Eliot's and Pound's attempts to overcome personality merely reinstated it in a new guise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748691296
ISBN
9780748691296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Thorpe, James. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651750
ISBN
9780691651750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.02

Hardback. The variety of contemporary American poetry leaves many readers overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, he presents 60 poems, each with an original essay explaining how the poem works, why it matters, and how it speaks to other parts of art and culture. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 390 x 37. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737877
ISBN
9780674737877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Hardback. A guide to Victorian domestic life. Packed with pithy advices, it covers everything from entertaining and etiquette to household management, and takes in consideration discussion of such matters as how singing might prevent consumption, which ointments removes freckles, and why chess should on no account ever be played at a ball. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; WJX; WKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781847945846
ISBN
9781847945846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 5.70

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717172917
ISBN
9780717172917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.04

Paperback. Originally published: New York: Hawthorn Books, 1973. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632203588
ISBN
9781632203588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.72

Hardcover. A comprehensive history of antiquity collecting in Great Britain. Jonathan Scott gives portraits of the principal collectors, describes the mechanics of the art trade and collecting, and takes us to beautiful sculpture galleries that were created by such distinguished architects as Robert Adam. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 348 pages, 180 b/w + 24 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098549
ISBN
9780300098549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Using illustrations and biographical sketches, Peter Martin relates the experiences of colonial gardeners who shaped the natural beauty of Virginia's wilderness into varied displays of elegance. He demonstrates that ornamental gardening was a scientific, aesthetic and cultural enterprise. Num Pages: 264 pages, 104 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3J; AMV; HBJK; HBLH; WMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920535
ISBN
9780813920535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.72

Hardback. Explores playful crowds and the pursuit of pleasure in the twentieth century to offer a transatlantic perspective on changing ideas about leisure, class, and mass culture. This book examines the resorts' different fates as Coney Island has become a shadow of its former self while Blackpool continues to lure visitors and offer attractions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127240
ISBN
9780231127240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 57.30

Paperback. The first major academic study of the Ulster Plantation in over 25 years. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field on a broad range of historical and literary topics redresses the previous coverage of the plantations, moving away from an exclusive colonial perspective, to include the native Catholic experience. Editor(s): O Siochru, Dr. Micheal; Ciardha, Eamonn. Series Editor(s): Edwards, David. Series: Studies in Early Modern Irish History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719095504
ISBN
9780719095504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.26

Hardcover. The establishment of the Communist social model in one part of Germany was a result of international postwar developments, of the Cold War waged by East and West, and of the resultant partition of Germany. As the author argues, the GDR's newA" society was deliberately conceived as a counter-model to the liberal and market-regulated system.. Translator(s): Osers, Ewald. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457488
ISBN
9781845457488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

Paperback. Argues that the insurrection in Texas was made possible by support from Mexico when it suited President Carranza for his own political and diplomatic purposes Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264779
ISBN
9780803264779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BM; HBJK; VFJB; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999784
ISBN
9780295999784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.15

Paperback. Presents history of German Jews, tracing the journey of a people and their culture from the mid eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich. This book chronicles a 150-year period of achievement and integration that at its peak produced a golden age second only to the Renaissance. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JM; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780140283945
ISBN
9780140283945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Titanic Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 4. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841653341
ISBN
9781841653341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.90

Paperback. This work provides a detailed description and pictorial exploration of the ships that scoured the high seas during the "Golden age of Piracy". It covers the vessels of the leading pirates of their age. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 7 colour illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM; JWF; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 188 x 5. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764979
ISBN
9781841764979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Elizabeth I was originally dubbed 'the pirate queen' by Philip II of Spain and acknowledged as such by the pope. Extravagant, whimsical, hot-tempered, sexually enticing and the epitome of power, Elizabeth I has never ceased to amaze, entertain, and educate through the centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 51. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060820671
ISBN
9780060820671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.45

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