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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S Patton called the Garand, The greatest battle implement ever devised. This book deals with this rifle. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 b/w; 15 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086219
ISBN
9781849086219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Paperback. This volume explores the M10 and M36 tank destroyers used between 1942 and 1952 by the Allied forces. They played a key role in the battles for Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine and the final defeat of Germany, and continued to serve in Korea, Indochina and the Balkans. Illustrator(s): Sarson, Peter. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 7 colour & 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBG; HBWQ; JWL; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 182 x 5. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764696
ISBN
9781841764696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the author's classic study of popular religion in Italian Harlem. In the preface, it discusses significant shifts in the field of religious history and calls for new ways of empirically studying divine presences in human life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300157529
ISBN
9780300157529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.60

Hardcover. A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book From an "imaginatively twisted and fearless" writer (Los Angeles Times), a hilarious memoir of middle age. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JM; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393088687
ISBN
9780393088687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.01

Paperback. This short history of the Maghreb surveys its development from the coming of Islam to the present day, but with greatest emphasis on the modern period from the early nineteenth century onwards. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042017
ISBN
9781849042017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

paperback. Anthologizes the author's movie reviews, cultural criticism, and political essays, published in "The Village Voice", "Artforum", and elsewhere during the period bracketed by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the World Trade Towers. Series: Culture & the Moving Image. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399968
ISBN
9781566399968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JJG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 32. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition, First ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486799629
ISBN
9780486799629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.07

Paperback. History of the conception, design, construction of the line, lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; AMKL; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 170. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526711519
ISBN
9781526711519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.66

Paperback. Gertrude Tennant's life was remarkable for its length (1819-1918), but even more so for the influence she achieved as an unsurpassed London hostess. This title presents her life, placing her not only at the heart of a multi-generational, matriarchal family epic but also at centre of European social and literary life for the best part of a century. Num Pages: 308 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300168976
ISBN
9780300168976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. As a gripping piece of true historical crime, this will appeal to the many fans of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541092
ISBN
9781848541092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 714 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 2ADP; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213445
ISBN
9781910213445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.64

Paperback. A revealing memoir of life below stairs Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444735864
ISBN
9781444735864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Originally published in 1864, this volume is a telling of the journeys through a rugged and largely unspoiled land. It presents the author's account of the wilderness. It is a personal story of exterior and interior discoveries in a natural setting. Editor(s): Moldenhauer, Joseph J. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 376 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JH; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118772
ISBN
9780691118772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

paperback. Editor(s): Gorodetsky, Gabriel. Num Pages: 632 pages, 72 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 274 x 49. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300221701
ISBN
9780300221701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. This edition, previously published in the Oxford Authors series, includes all Tennyson's classic poems and The Princess, In Memoriam, Maud, Enoch Arden in full, as well as several of the Idylls of the King. It includes letters and extracts from Hallam Tennyson's Memoir of his father. Editor(s): Roberts, Adam C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572762
ISBN
9780199572762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.58

paperback. A unique selection of Yeats's major poems, plays, criticism and other prose writings, showing the connectedness of his literary output. Formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series. Editor(s): Larrissy, Edward. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780199537495
ISBN
9780199537495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Powerful memoir of the personal and political journey of a leading figure in the UK's Jewish community, from idealistic Zionist to critic of Israel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332765
ISBN
9780745332765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.42

hardcover. This book uses the life of one man-Walter Lenoir of North Carolina-to explore the origins of southern white identity and the ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history with devotion to the Confederate cause. Lenoirs intention to divest himself of his inherited slaves changed with the war's outbreak and he joined the Confederate army. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b/w halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195314359
ISBN
9780195314359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.06

Hardback. This reassessment of the critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic and ecological change in northern China during the late Qing Dynasty. It maps changes in local finance, farming, transportation, taxation and popular protest, and analyzes their consequences. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations, 5 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080515
ISBN
9780520080515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70
€ 49.44

Paperback. On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an 18-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. This work seeks to explain how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074301
ISBN
9780252074301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

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