Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 80.24