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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. This book, the first of two volumes, is the first study of its kind devoted to an analysis of the debate concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. The study draws on the existing work concerning queenship but innovates in its focus on the literary, feminist, and philosophical representations of female governance in France. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JD; DSBD; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567970
ISBN
9781137567970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640037
ISBN
9780691640037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.17
€ 138.94

Hardcover. Who ruled the countryside in late Imperial Russia? On the rare occasions that tsarist administrators dared pose the question so boldly, their discouraged answer was that peasants ruled. This title challenges this dominant paradigm of the closed village by investigating the ways peasants engaged tsarist laws and the local institutions. Num Pages: 281 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803708
ISBN
9780875803708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.30

Hardcover. Government spending has increased in United States since World War II. Drawing on examples from the federal and state governments, this book explains why these budget rules tend to fail, and proposes original alternatives for imposing much-needed fiscal discipline on our legislators. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KFFD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226682594
ISBN
9780226682594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.29
€ 60.49

Paperback. Government spending has increased in the United States since World War II despite the many rules intended to rein in the insatiable appetite for tax revenue most politicians seem to share. This book explains why these budget rules tend to fail, and proposes alternatives for imposing the fiscal discipline on our legislators. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KFFD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226682600
ISBN
9780226682600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497674
ISBN
9780801497674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJ; RNF; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792326199
ISBN
9780792326199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 289.12

Paperback. Richly illustrated, and with full details of the lives, and deaths, of each of the local men who fell during the conflict, it commemorates the magnificent sacrifice and the unbreakable spirit of the residents of Hillingdon during one of the greatest conflicts the world has ever seen. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJF; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752462004
ISBN
9780752462004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349195
ISBN
9780764349195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.34
€ 60.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 918 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 288 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1570.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352058
ISBN
9780764352058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.34
€ 60.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; BGS; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
SportsBooks Ltd
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907524493
ISBN
9781907524493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456824
ISBN
9780801456824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557204
ISBN
9780333557204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Paperback. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557211
ISBN
9780333557211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. Rudolf Magnus's work on the physiology of posture was initiated in 1908. This biography describes Magnus' family background and his student years. His lectures on Goethe as a scientist are also included. This is followed by Magnus' life as Professor of Pharmacology in Utrecht, and his studies on animal postures and experimental pharmacology. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004612
ISBN
9781402004612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.33

Paperback. This biography traces the early life of George Edward Waddell in western Pennsylvania, the fits and starts of his first years in professional baseball, his big years with the A's, and his subsequent fade into obscurity and his early death. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJC; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786407866
ISBN
9780786407866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.44

paperback. Reveals how Germany rebuilt itself culturally. This book is a close look at German cinema in the immediate postwar era, and a careful examination of its relationship to Allied occupation. It reveals how German film borrowed, both literally and figuratively, from its Nazi past. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; APF; HBJD; HBLW3; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781566398787
ISBN
9781566398787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764353321
ISBN
9780764353321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Hardback. This volume offers a variety of fresh and exciting perspectives on Royalist politics, religion and culture during the Interregnum. Between them, these essays are an important milestone in the recovery of the Royalist experience of the 1650s. Editor(s): McElligott, Jason; Smith, David L. (Professor). Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081613
ISBN
9780719081613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 96.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 217 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137601445
ISBN
9781137601445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.26

Hardcover. This text explores the reception of the royal family during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and its representation in fiction, poetry, and the popular press. Samuelian finds that popular response to the royal family has reflected the public's belief in their right of access to the private life of royalty. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402. Sex, Scandal, and Monarchy in Print, 1780-1821. Series: Nineteenth Century Major Lives and Letters. 264 pages, 0. This text explores the reception of the royal family during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and its representation in fiction, poetry, and the popular press. Samuelian finds that popular response to the royal family has reflected the public's belief in their right of access to the private life of royalty. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230616301
ISBN
9780230616301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Paperback. Examining Queen Victoria's own contributions to Victorian writing and art, this text looks at the cultural mechanisms through which her influence was felt. It explores the variability of Victoria's agency and of its representations using a wide array of literary, historical and visual sources. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226351148
ISBN
9780226351148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 287 x 40. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447267546
ISBN
9781447267546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 5.80

Hardback. The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, was the first major astronomical observatory in the southern hemisphere, and this book presents an account of its origin, construction and use. It describes technical aspects, such as the instruments and their makers, the installation of the instruments and their initial problems. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; PGG; PHVB; UNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792335276
ISBN
9780792335276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.65

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