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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. Beginning with the return of the remnants of Magellan's circumnavigation in 1522 and ending with Charles' death in 1558, the author brings to life the periods of the Renaissance, revealing how the Spaniards were able to conquer Guatemala, Yucatan, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru and Chile and why Cabeza de Vaca walked from Florida to Mexico. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDH; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141034492
ISBN
9780141034492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 17.36

Hardback. This volume contains essays on Russian literature and thought from the classical age. It looks at the important work of well-known authors such as Pushkin and Dostoevsky, relatively unknown writers such as Marlinsky and Boborykin, and studies of thinkers such as Herzen and Chaadaev. Editor(s): Offord, Derek; White, Stephen. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; CFA; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557334
ISBN
9780333557334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.50

Hardback. This comprehensive book illuminates the most fertile and exciting period in American film, a time when the studio system was at its peak and movies played a critical role in elevating the spirits of the public. Richard B. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405163729
ISBN
9781405163729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.32

Paperback. This comprehensive book illuminates the most fertile and exciting period in American film, a time when the studio system was at its peak and movies played a critical role in elevating the spirits of the public. Richard B. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405163736
ISBN
9781405163736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.14

Hardcover. Elizabeth I consciously and determinedly provided a Government mediation and arbitration scheme. A wealth of primary sources show that she had a special concern for women, the poor and anyone disadvantaged by the costs and delays of the law. Her Privy Council arranged arbitrations with no fees and with free legal aid for those who needed it. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Holo Books The Arbitration Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957215306
ISBN
9780957215306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.49

Hardback. Drawing on a range of memoirs, art, poetry, and contemporary records, this title reconstructs their experience of captivity, return, and encounter with a postwar Japan that now seemed as alien as it had once been familiar. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276154
ISBN
9780520276154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.77
€ 50.66

Paperback. This is the first book about the life of jazz pianist and composer Stan Tracey CBE (1926-2013). Drawn largely from his personal diaries and some of his many interviews, his son Clark Tracey pieces together what made the late Stan Tracey a unique character in jazz music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGJ; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781793534
ISBN
9781781793534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.98

Paperback. The Go-Go Years "The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner of Wall Street classics. You do not read this book to see our present situation reenacted in the past, with only the names changed. You read it because it is a wonderful description of the way things were in a different time and place. Series: Wiley Investment Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471357544
ISBN
9780471357544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Hardcover. The Glubb Reports studies papers written by General Sir John Glubb, the long-serving British commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion. It covers issues such as the role of tribes and desert control, the impact of Palestine, the Arab Legion's role in the first Arab-Israeli war, the expansion of the Arab Legion, and Glubb's dismissal in 1956. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137380104
ISBN
9781137380104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Paperback. The definitive popular account of the landmark event in British history by an acclaimed young historian. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 8, colour. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117331
ISBN
9780349117331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674286146
ISBN
9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.46

Hardcover. Despite the explosion of interest in the "global 1968," the arts in this period - both popular and avant-garde forms - have too often been neglected. This interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars in history, cultural studies, musicology and other areas to explore the symbiosis of the sonic and the visual in the counterculture of the 1960s. Editor(s): Brown, Timothy Scott; Lison, Andrew E. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; ACXJ; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137375223
ISBN
9781137375223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.51

Paperback. This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664743
ISBN
9780745664743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Hardcover. This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664736
ISBN
9780745664736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. This text examines the effect of post-Soviet transitions on current problem-solving trends with regards to world capitalism. Using Central Europe as an example it is shown that the application of the Western liberal capitalist model has not been without its difficulties. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJPR; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 461.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333651254
ISBN
9780333651254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gallagher, John P.; Wilkins, Emmett C. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614703174
ISBN
9781614703174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.22
€ 116.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Belting, Hans; Buddensieg, Andrea; Weibel, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 395 color illus., 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 280 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1842.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262518345
ISBN
9780262518345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 45.64

Paperback. Explores the debates and rhetoric surrounding home-based workers that have taken place in global movements and multilateral organizations since the early 1900s. This title describes the rules that have separated home and work and, in the process, created a diverse array of distinctly gendered identities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBL; JPS; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115612
ISBN
9780231115612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Prize-winning study of the global conflict waged during the Cold War and its legacy today. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15 b/w illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 808. Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times. 495 pages, 15 b/w illus. 10 maps. Prize-winning study of the global conflict waged during the Cold War and its legacy today. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight: 810.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521703147
ISBN
9780521703147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.55

Hardcover. States that no single curator, critic or dealer can or should monopolize our view of what is happening in the art world today. Instead, the author aims to show us how exciting and rewarding it is to steer our own way through the art world today. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 illustrations, 131 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500239193
ISBN
9780500239193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138709485
ISBN
9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.43

paperback. A cross-country road trip in the tradition of Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; JFCA; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223449
ISBN
9780253223449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.95

Paperback. This beautiful book is an indispensable history of the fashion houses that have become synonymous with show-stopping glamour. The Glamour of Italian Fashion showcases the fashions that turned 'Made in Italy' into an internationally recognized mark of style. Editor(s): Stanfill, Sonnet. Num Pages: 272 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; ACX; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 318 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1686.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851778171
ISBN
9781851778171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. The Girondins of Chile deals with events that were inspired by the French Revolution of 1848 and offers a shrewd description of the emerging group of Chilean liberals. Vicuna MacKenna participated in the uprising of 1851, yet his book on the events was not published until 1902. Translator(s): Polt, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press England
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KIN0006235
ISBN
9780195151817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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