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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. In 1831, Cholera swept from Asia across Continental Europe, killing millions and throwing the medical profession into confusion. John Snow worked out that cholera spreads through drinking water. Drawing on 19th century medical, political and personal records, this book presents various diversions into aspects of medical and social history. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; MBNS; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862079373
ISBN
9781862079373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Explores the role of the media in the Rwandan genocide -- within the country and beyond. Editor(s): Thompson, Allan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 figs. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326252
ISBN
9780745326252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.46

Hardback. A superlative study of the roots of the modern fashion show Num Pages: 400 pages, 80 colour images + 170 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 285 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2138.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300189537
ISBN
9780300189537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.07
€ 43.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887230
ISBN
9781845887230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.62

Paperback. Aizawa Kikutaro was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, an agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. Taking the biography of this villager as its focus and incorporating details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary, this book chronicles the transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258594
ISBN
9780520258594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This work is a social and cultural history of the Maya peoples of the province of Yucatan in colonial Mexico, spanning the period from shortly after the Spanish conquest of the region to its incorporation as part of an independent Mexico. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1 figure 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3937 x 26. Weight in Grams: 645.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736589
ISBN
9780804736589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. In 1811 John Williams was buried with a stake in his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or his eighth victim in the bizarre and shocking Ratcliffe Highway Murders? In this reconstruction, the authors draw on forensics, public records, and newspaper clippings to shed new light on this infamous Wapping mystery. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003386
ISBN
9780571258086
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Investigates the figure of Mary Magdalene in post-medieval English religious writings and visual representations. This title argues that the medieval Magdalene story was not discarded as part of Reformation iconoclasm, but was enthusiastically embraced by English writers and artists and retold in a wide array of genres. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; AGR; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022150
ISBN
9780268022150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

hardcover. Forceful and provocative, The Matter of Mind will encourage lively debate on the norms and discourses of seventeenth-century philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HPCD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643482
ISBN
9781442643482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.61

Hardback. Traces the controversial shift from metrical psalms to hymnody, and also takes into account legal issues and litigation that developed over the introduction of hymns into church life. Series: Drew University Studies in Liturgy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; AVGD; HRCC2; HRCC91; HRCL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834507
ISBN
9780810834507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.26

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JJPK; HBJF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646992
ISBN
9780691646992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.20

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633510
ISBN
9780691633510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.33

Paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
2 Revised
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036663
ISBN
9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.47
€ 63.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158501
ISBN
9780691158501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. A panoramic view of the men and horses that turned the sprawling racing establishment of Manton into a household name. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; WSBX; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Raceform Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910498972
ISBN
9781910498972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.43

Hardback. An incisive narrative history of the Islamic State, from the 2005 master plan to reestablish the Caliphate to its quest for Final Victory in 2020 Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300221497
ISBN
9780300221497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.23

Paperback. This book traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in the 1990s and looks at its roots in the way governments have been established in West Africa during the 20th century. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 3JJ; HBJH; HBT; HBW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Hurst & Co Ltd
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850654179
ISBN
9781850654179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.95

Hardback. This text provides a survey of martyrs over the past 500 years with an emphasis on their "last words". The approach of the book is chronological, from the burning at the stake of Joan of Arc in Rouen 1431 to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv in 1995. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HRLK; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761804871
ISBN
9780761804871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199916863
ISBN
9780199916863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.37

Paperback. The breech-loading, single-shot .458 in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. This study tells the story of the Martini-Henry and its impact on the battlefield. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780965062
ISBN
9781780965062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.63

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300083521
ISBN
9780300083521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.10

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Bruce D. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBWQ; JPF; JPSD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. .
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815729532
ISBN
9780815729532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.14

Paperback. Medieval Douai left an enormous archive of documents. This text reveals how these documents were produced in an effort to regulate property and gender relations. At the centre was a shift to a property regime based on contract. The book explores why the law changed and assesses its effects. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFFK; JHBK; LNCJ; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226355160
ISBN
9780226355160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
3rd edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485688
ISBN
9780801485688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.08

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