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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Jill Ker Conway grew up in New South Wales in the 1940s and '50s. This is her account of an Australian childhood in the outback, and subsequently in Sydney, encompassing family tragedy, a devastating struggle with the desert environment, and an evocation of the Australian landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749398941
ISBN
9780749398941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is based in Cornwall, on the Lizard Peninsula. Its purpose is to train specialists for the Navy while serving the Fleet Air Arm's front line Sea King and Merlin helicopter squadrons. This book presents history of RNAS Culdrose from the initial planning of the base onwards. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; 3JJP; 3JMC; JWF; JWG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 382.
Edition
07th Edition
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752443812
ISBN
9780752443812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.66

Paperback. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Num Pages: 340 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. A Titan is Born. 340 pages, illustrations. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight: 474.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271791
ISBN
9780520271791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Cassy, Rob. Num Pages: 292 pages, 40ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Gardners Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902669830
ISBN
9781902669830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Hardcover. Complete history of World War II in southeastern France Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 black and white illustrations in a 16 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538712
ISBN
9781784538712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCY; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300665
ISBN
9781896300665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in "The Killing Fields", lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and how their tumultuous events affected him. He also describes the beauty of the landscape, as well as its violence and corruption. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BGHA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749320201
ISBN
9780749320201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS; JPH; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975385
ISBN
9780674975385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. coalition-building efforts. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413617
ISBN
9781421413617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.04

Paperback. Historians of British theater have often noted that the eighteenth century was an age not of the author but of the actor. In Rival Queens, Felicity Nussbaum argues that the period might more accurately be seen as the age of women in the theater, and more particularly as the age of the actress. Num Pages: 392 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; ANB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223019
ISBN
9780812223019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Hardback. A nuanced and comprehensive study of the political dynamics between Russia and key countries in Southeast Europe Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVUA; 3JM; HBJD; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219135
ISBN
9780300219135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Presents readers with scholarship on public celebrations and popular culture throughout Mexican history. This book discusses aspects of Mexico's popular culture from the seventeenth century onwards. It examines a range of Mexican expression, including Corpus Christi celebrations, New Spain, stone murals, and folk theater. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; etc.; Martin, Cheryl E. (University of Texas, El Paso, USA); French, William E. (University of British Columbia, Canada). Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 374 pages, photographs, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024174
ISBN
9780842024174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.80

Hardback. Presents readers with scholarship on public celebrations and popular culture throughout Mexican history. This book discusses aspects of Mexico's popular culture from the seventeenth century onwards. It examines a range of Mexican expression, including Corpus Christi celebrations, New Spain, stone murals, and folk theater. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; etc.; Martin, Cheryl E. (University of Texas, El Paso, USA); French, William E. (University of British Columbia, Canada). Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 374 pages, photographs, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024167
ISBN
9780842024167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.14

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750325
ISBN
9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.06

hardcover. In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744867
ISBN
9780804744867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Paperback. The experience of exiles was fundamental for shaping Italian national identity. Risorgimento in Exile investigates the contribution to Italian nationalism made by the numerous patriots who were forced to live in exile following failed revolutions in the Italian states. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749066
ISBN
9780198749066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJP; AJB; AJCR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439914571
ISBN
9781439914571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.12

Hardcover. Recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the context of several wider histories that span the nearly four decades between the 1795 Treaty of Greenville to the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. This title is published to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Fort Dearborn. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 halftones, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226428963
ISBN
9780226428963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w illus., 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253025883
ISBN
9780253025883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w illus., 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253025937
ISBN
9780253025937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore. This book tells about the campaign carried by the Japanese forces in the Pacific region. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472810601
ISBN
9781472810601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 519.
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780771012938
ISBN
9780771012938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780771013560
ISBN
9780771013560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
9th Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142004944
ISBN
9780142004944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.48

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