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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. The sole quintuple spy of the Second World War he was the only spy the Soviet Union shared with the British who codenamed him Silver. He fooled the Nazis into paying him GBP2.5 m. They also gave him a transmitter which he used to broadcast false military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 black and white photographs and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FK; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553718
ISBN
9781781553718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

Hardback. Silver, Trade, and War is about men and markets, national rivalries, diplomacy and conflict, and the advancement or stagnation of states. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1K; 1QD; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801861352
ISBN
9780801861352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 800 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJH; HBWN; HBWQ; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764332449
ISBN
9780764332449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.42
€ 72.69

Paperback. What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? This book examines these questions from a fresh perspective: that provided by the history of women in Silicon Valley in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747967
ISBN
9780804747967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A selective history for those who want to be informed without being overwhelmed, who would like to know enough about the silent era to feel at home there, respect its artists, and admire their work. Series: American Movies: The First Thirty Years S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 photographs, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833920
ISBN
9780810833920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.79

Paperback. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations facsim., maps., portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471197058
ISBN
9780471197058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.35

Hardcover. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations facsim., maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471127789
ISBN
9780471127789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.77

Hardcover. This absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a form of collective anxiety dream, their fantastical images and illogical gags expressing the unconscious wishes and fears of the modern age, in a way that foreshadows the concerns of our own celebrity-obsessed consumer culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APFA; JFCA; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137020246
ISBN
9781137020246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859892919
ISBN
9780859892919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Neale, Steve. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; APFA; KNTC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859892896
ISBN
9780859892896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 34. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Trine Day
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240536
ISBN
9781634240536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.78

Paperback. MacCann features Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon in this guide to the lives and works of the most important silent comedy movie-makers in America. Series: American Movies: The First Thirty Years S. Num Pages: 257 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810827301
ISBN
9780810827301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.87

Hardback. Lawrence Napper is lecturer in film studies at King's College, London. He is the author of British Cinema and Middlebrow Culture in the Interwar Years (2009) and The Great War in British Popular Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey's End (2015).

Series: Short Cuts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181181
ISBN
9780231181181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.72
€ 57.47

Paperback. Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage. Editor(s): Atkinson, Juliette. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724643
ISBN
9780198724643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448478
ISBN
9780801448478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Hardcover. Focusing on Japan's Kwantung Leasehold and Railway Zone in China's northeastern provinces, Emer O'Dwyer traces the history of Japan's prewar Manchurian empire over four decades to show how South Manchuria was naturalized as a Japanese space and how this process contributed to the success of the Japanese army's early 1930s takeover of Manchuria. Num Pages: 526 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 41. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504332
ISBN
9780674504332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.35
€ 55.04

Paperback. Series: Afterall. Num Pages: 88 pages, 16 color plates. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXJ8; AGB; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152. .
Publisher
Afterall Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846381829
ISBN
9781846381829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; DSBH; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 289 x 14. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652298904
ISBN
9789652298904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

paperback. This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Well illustrated, this book is a valuable companion for enthusiasts of military history as well as early modern historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415146494
ISBN
9780415146494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811713863
ISBN
9780811713863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.98

Hardcover. A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics - The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPCD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1 Tra
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230321786
ISBN
9780230321786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005393
ISBN
9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Now available in paperback, Sickles at Gettysburg, by licensed battlefield guide James Hessler, is the most deeply researched, full-length biography to appear on this remarkable American icon. And it is long overdue. No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial than Major General Sickles. Num Pages: 504 pages, 40 b/w photos and 6 maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781932714845
ISBN
9781932714845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AGB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Mandrake of Oxford United Kingdom
Edition
3rd UK ed.
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869928681
ISBN
9781869928681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

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