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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Billie Holiday's signature tune, 'Strange Fruit', with its graphic and heart-wrenching portrayal of a lynching in the South, brought home the evils of racism as well as being an inspiring mark of resistance. In 1939, its performance sparked controversy (and sometimes violence) wherever Billie Holiday went. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; AVGK; AVH; BGF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 129.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952840
ISBN
9781841952840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. 'If the 1960s were a wild weekend and the 1980s a hectic day at the office, the 1970s were a long Sunday evening in winter, with cold leftovers for supper and a power cut expected at any moment.'A jaw-droppingly brilliant account of how the seventies was defined by mass paranoia told with Francis Wheen's wonderfully acute sense of the absurd. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007244287
ISBN
9780007244287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126820
ISBN
9781897126820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536221
ISBN
9780199536221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.14

paperback. Now in paperback, this 'wonderful book' (Jane Stevenson, Daily Telegraph) describes the remarkable lives and times of the John Tradescants, father and son, immortalized in Philippa Gregory's bestselling novels Earthly Joys and Virgin Earth. Num Pages: 496 pages, Integrated black & white images throughout. 2 x 8pp black & white plates and 4pp colour p. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781843543350
ISBN
9781843543350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616083953
ISBN
9781616083953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.12

Hardcover. Considers how foreign-exchange intervention was affected by changing economic and institutional circumstances - most notably the abandonment of the international gold standard - and how political and bureaucratic factors affected this aspect of public policy. Num Pages: 496 pages, 72 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226051482
ISBN
9780226051482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.17
€ 83.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; BGSA; WSBX; WSWY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Anchor Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385681100
ISBN
9780385681100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Reissue of the acclaimed biography of Beryl Markham Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121758
ISBN
9780349121758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Fearing that his SS and Police convicts National Socialist spirit was irrevocably damaged in civil and military gaols, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, Heinrich Himmler, commanded the HA SS-Gericht in the spring of 1940 to establish a Waffen-SS prison within the environs of the dreaded KL Dachau. Here, he incarcerated the malodourous elements of the SS. Num Pages: 576 pages, 36 black and white photographs and 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 166 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555606
ISBN
9781781555606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 36.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 246 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911096184
ISBN
9781911096184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. Series: Science/technology/culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTW; PDX; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625341433
ISBN
9781625341433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.78

Hardback. Presents and dissects one of the most tragic events of the 20th Century in a dramatic insight into the Titanic's construction and fit-out, to its maiden voyage. This title includes the tales of the people on board including the captain, members of the crew, and passengers from first, second, and third class. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Num Pages: 48 pages, chiefly Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; 5AH; YFY; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 304 x 258 x 9. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781409383390
ISBN
9781409383390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Translator(s): Sharkey, Paul. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
AK Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849350648
ISBN
9781849350648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFSK2; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harrington Park Press Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939594044
ISBN
9781939594044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.43
€ 68.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFSK2; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harrington Park Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939594051
ISBN
9781939594051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. In a mountain resort in the Alps, Hitler built his 'Eagle's Nest' from which he conceived and directed the war. Skiing resorts were turned into training centres for mountain warfare, plans were made to invade Switzerland, and concentration camps were seeded. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DFHA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571282395
ISBN
9780571282395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Hardcover. Analyses the performance of the US Army and US Marine Corps in urban combat in four major urban battles of the mid-twentieth century (Aachen 1944, Manila 1945, Seoul 1950, and Hue 1968). Alec Wahlman assesses each battle using a similar framework of capability categories. Separate chapters address urban warfare in American military thought. Series: American Military Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBWQ; HBWS2; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574416190
ISBN
9781574416190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. In Storm Over Texas Joel Silbey explores the shaping and development of one event in American history - the Texas annexation controversy - and how it came to be a truly pivotal moment, explaining why the debate over annexation of Texas in the 1840s followed a course that led, ultimately, to civil war. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195315929
ISBN
9780195315929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.03

Paperback. Prominent historian Justus Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the U.S. decision to participate in World War II. Num Pages: 576 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742507852
ISBN
9780742507852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.24

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