Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through author's epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia. This title tells the trip of discovery made in the mid-seventies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038841
- ISBN
- 9780141038841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QMP; 3JJ; HBJK; HBJQ; HBLW; HBT; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629145044
- ISBN
- 9781629145044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.14
€ 25.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. Underscoring the human dimensions of the epidemic, Lloyd and Dorothy Moote dramatically recast the history of the Great Plague and offer a masterful portrait of a city and its inhabitants besieged by-and defiantly resisting-unimaginable horror. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884931
- ISBN
- 9780801884931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Paperback. Just as economists struggle today to justify the free market after the global economic crisis, an earlier generation revisited their worldview after the Great Depression. In this intellectual history of that project, Burgin traces the evolution of postwar economic thought in order to reconsider the most basic assumptions of a market-centered world. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 226 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503762
- ISBN
- 9780674503762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Tells the story of one of the most significant European-Native diplomatic negotiations of the colonial period and the resulting treaty. The treaty, it argues, was the culmination of the French colonial strategy of Native alliances and adaptation to Native political customs. Translator(s): Aronoff, Phyllis; Scott, Howard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JD; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JHM; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 156 x 585. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773522190
- ISBN
- 9780773522190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.72
€ 40.99
€ 39.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300230321
- ISBN
- 9780300230321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.09
€ 18.99
€ 15.09
Paperback. Almost 35 years before New York saw the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumours of a slave conspiracy spread in the city, leading to the conviction and execution of over 70 slaves. This text retells the dramatic story of these landmark trials. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612468
- ISBN
- 9780700612468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.04
€ 35.04
Paperback. Tells the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in 1789. This title also tells the further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon. Num Pages: 688 pages, maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140130935
- ISBN
- 9780140130935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.03
€ 26.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. Presents the history of the Indian uprising of 1857. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140047523
- ISBN
- 9780140047523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.38
€ 24.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718950
- ISBN
- 9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
Paperback. Helps to discover the history of one of the most colourful and dramatic episodes of the Civil War. Illustrator(s): Kozik, Mariusz. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846034008
- ISBN
- 9781846034008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.26
€ 23.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. This account looks at the political and social consequences of the great Irish potato famine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 b&w illustrations, 23 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750929288
- ISBN
- 9780750929288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.63
€ 40.99
€ 33.63
paperback. The Irish famine of 1845-51 was a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland. This work explores aspects of it, including the rise in crime, the food export controversy, the role of religion, the growth of the Orange Order, and the impact of the uprising in 1848. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780333677735
- ISBN
- 9780333677735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34
Paperback. The Great Irish Famine tells of the last great famine in European history. First-hand accounts and writings by four contemporary real people are used to give a complete and personal picture of the historic tragedy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717160105
- ISBN
- 9780717160105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.15
€ 17.99
€ 15.15
paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031433
- ISBN
- 9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.00
€ 14.00
paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140145151
- ISBN
- 9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
Hardback. The Civil War revealed what united as well as what divided Americans in the nineteenth century - not only in its deadly military conflict, but also in the broader battle of ideas, dueling moral systems, and competing national visions that preceded and followed. This title reveals a city at the heart of the cultural civil war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052888
- ISBN
- 9780674052888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.50
€ 53.99
€ 44.50
Paperback. 'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris Num Pages: 592 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564475
- ISBN
- 9780719564475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the 21st century. This title examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. It depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FCA; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061143199
- ISBN
- 9780061143199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.15
€ 17.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. In the early hours of 2 September 1666 a small fire broke out in a bakery in Pudding Lane. In the five days that followed it grew into a conflagration that would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. This is a guide to the Great Fire of London and includes first-hand descriptions from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872144
- ISBN
- 9781784872144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.60
€ 9.99
€ 8.60